Final Project Background As noted in your text, community policing represents a specific philosophy and practice in law enforcement. It requires police officers to alter the traditional approach to crime fighting as well as actions geared toward solving community problems or issues. Community policing is based on the idea that community support and interaction can prevent crime and solve local issues that confront communities, which ultimately is assumed to reduce the fear of crime shared by individuals and groups in those communities. According to Thomas Frazier, former director of the U.S. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, community policing exists when a “law enforcement agency and law abiding citizens work together to accomplish four things: 1) arrest offenders; 2) prevent crime; 3) solve ongoing problems; and 4) improve the overall quality of life” https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2002/14785.htm Community policing is defined as involving three key components: developing community partnerships, engaging in problem solving, and implementing community policing organizational features http://discoverpolicing.org/whats_like/community-policing Community policing, including its numerous variations, incorporates a philosophy that provides the foundational values of a police department. The primary organizational goal is working with individual citizens, groups, and the public and private organizational sectors of a community to identify and resolve issues that impact the living conditions of neighborhoods or a city as a whole. Community-based police agencies have realized that police cannot effectively deal with these issues alone; they need to work cooperatively with others who share a similar desire to resolve problems in the community. As individuals, police officers traditionally have worked toward the goal of bringing together government and private resources to achieve defined objectives in combating crime. Community oriented police officers are trained to make purposeful effort in creating and maintaining personal relationships with citizens, businesses, schools, and community organizations http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2630 and http://www.popcenter.org. The Project Welcome to Anytown, U.S.A., an average American city in most respects that, on the surface, appears to be a great place to live and to raise a family. The city has a diverse racial and economic makeup. The city’s population is composed of African Americans, Caucasians, and Latinos. The affluent sections of the city experience relatively low crime rates, and the middle and low income sections have seen a rise in crime and a growing distrust for the police. The police department has never used a community policing approach. Following the lead of Frazier and the general community policing philosophy, as an officer of Anytown Police Department, you have been tasked with preparing a community policing policy for your department. ...

1. Final Project
Background
As noted in your text, community policing represents a specific
philosophy and practice in law enforcement. It requires police
officers to alter the traditional approach to crime fighting as
well as actions geared toward solving community problems or
issues. Community policing is based on the idea that community
support and interaction can prevent crime and solve local issues
that confront communities, which ultimately is assumed to
reduce the fear of crime shared by individuals and groups in
those communities. According to Thomas Frazier, former
director of the U.S. Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services, community policing exists when a “law enforcement
agency and law abiding citizens work together to accomplish
four things: 1) arrest offenders; 2) prevent crime; 3) solve
ongoing problems; and 4) improve the overall quality of life”
https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2002/14785.htm
Community policing is defined as involving three key
components: developing community partnerships, engaging in
problem solving, and implementing community policing
organizational features
http://discoverpolicing.org/whats_like/community-policing
Community policing, including its numerous variations,
incorporates a philosophy that provides the foundational values
of a police department. The primary organizational goal is
working with individual citizens, groups, and the public and
private organizational sectors of a community to identify and
resolve issues that impact the living conditions of

2. neighborhoods or a city as a whole. Community-based police
agencies have realized that police cannot effectively deal with
these issues alone; they need to work cooperatively with others
who share a similar desire to resolve problems in the
community.
As individuals, police officers traditionally have worked toward
the goal of bringing together government and private resources
to achieve defined objectives in combating crime. Community
oriented police officers are trained to make purposeful effort in
creating and maintaining personal relationships with citizens,
businesses, schools, and community organizations
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2630
and
http://www.popcenter.org.
The Project
Welcome to Anytown, U.S.A., an average American city in most
respects that, on the surface, appears to be a great place to live
and to raise a family. The city has a diverse racial and economic
makeup. The city’s population is composed of African
Americans, Caucasians, and Latinos. The affluent sections of
the city experience relatively low crime rates, and the middle
and low income sections have seen a rise in crime and a
growing distrust for the police. The police department has never
used a community policing approach.
Following the lead of Frazier and the general community
policing philosophy, as an officer of Anytown Police
Department, you have been tasked with preparing a community
policing policy for your department.
Create a four-to-six-page policy document
(for presentation to command staff) that contains the elements
listed in the following sections.

3. Project Objectives
Your document should address ways in which police and
citizens work together to accomplish
Arrests of offenders
Crime prevention in the neighborhoods
Improvement of the overall quality of life in the community or
city
Additionally, your policy should address the following
questions:
Based on your research, what kind of training will the police
officers of your department need to attend in order to become
proficient in community policing? What should be the focus of
these training sessions?
Would training be provided for the community residents? Why?
Provide appropriate reasons for this decision.
How would the policy address the protection needs and fear of
crime among specific groups such as juveniles, the elderly,
minorities, the disabled, or the poor and the homeless?
Finally, based on your research, how would the success or
failure of this policy be determined? How would the policy be
evaluated and by whom?

4. As you write, be sure to incorporate and properly reference the
sources of information obtained through your research and used
in your paper. To cite your sources, please follow this
procedure:
Use in-text citations to indicate references to information from
outside sources. Include the author’s name and the relevant
page number(s) in parentheses. Here’s an example: Human
beings have been described as “symbol using animals” (Burke
3).
At the end of your paper, include a Works Cited page listing all
of the sources you’ve consulted. Use either APA or MLA format
for this page. For information on how to prepare this page, go to
the Penn Foster Library.
Project Goals
The following are the goals and purposes of this research
project:
To allow you to demonstrate the knowledge and to display the
skills that you’ve acquired from the course curriculum
To enable you to use that knowledge to development a strong
understanding of community policing and its importance to
communities
Grading Criteria
Your project grade will be based on the following criteria:

5. Content
70 points
Written communication
30 points
Here’s a breakdown for each of these criteria.
Content (70 Points)
The project addresses ways in which police and citizens work
together to accomplish
Arrests of offenders (10 points)
Crime prevention in the neighborhoods (10 points)
Improvement of the overall quality of life in the community or
city (10 points)
The project addresses training required for police officers to
become proficient in community policing and identifies areas of
focus. (10 points)
The project identifies training to be provided for the community
residents and appropriate reasons. (10 points)
The project addresses the protection needs and fear of crime
among specific groups, such as juveniles, the elderly,
minorities, the disabled, or the poor and the homeless. (10
points)

6. The project identifies ways to evaluate the policy changes to
determine success or failure (10 points)
Written Communication (30 Points)
You’re expected to submit your own original work, with all
research sources used properly cited using APA style. You must
also provide a properly formatted Works Cited page at the end
of your paper. Your own original, interesting, and academically
relevant presentation is of primary importance. Please review
the school policy with respect to plagiarism and its definition.
Your project should also include the following elements:
An introductory paragraph, a body, and a concluding paragraph
Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Proofread your work carefully!
Clear organization with transitional words and phrases, such as
first, however, on the other hand, and so on, since,
consequently, next,
and
when.
Writing Guidelines
Type your submission, double-spaced, in a standard print font,
size 12. Use a standard document format with one-inch margins.
(Do not use any fancy or cursive fonts.)
Read the assignment carefully and address
all

7. parts of the project.
Be specific. Limit your submission to the topic(s) or issue(s)
suggested.
APA format required. 4 to 6 page excluding reference and cover
page
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