powerpoint from University Criminal Justice program, I attended on how law enforcement can increase community relations and trust

1. Harun Williams
CJA344
August 8th 2012
Robert Quesada

2. • North Carolina Black man sentenced to death in 1991 for
killing a white teenager.
• Racial Justice Act North Carolina judge ruling under the
state’s 2009 Racial Justice Act reduced a death sentence
to life in prison
• Lawyers presented evidence that throughout the state
black defendants were routinely subjected to
discriminatory tactics, unlike white defendants.
• A Michigan State University study, for example, revealed
that N.C. prosecutors used procedures to “remove blacks
from juries more than twice as often as they used such
cahlleges against whites ,”

3. • To enhance communication and understanding between
law enforcement officers and multicultural residents
• By building trust and communication between police and
community members, we will ultimately improve the
safety and livability of our communities.

4. • Increase the relationship between police agencies and
significant sectors of America’s population characterized
by distrust and even hostility from members of the
community towards law enforcement.
• Provide more opportunities for positive interaction and
two-way communication between police officers and
community members.

5. • The weakness of police-community relations in many
parts of the country today are perhaps the greatest
obstacle to effective policing
• Improve the community members’ knowledge and
understanding of police procedures and laws.
• The process of investigating crimes does not rely on
mythological detective skills but active participation from
the community.
• Willingness from the community to come forward/ or
assist with information and be witnesses at court cases.

6. • The coercive power of the police: the legal authority to
use force (violence) in the exercise of their duties.
• The basis upon which police operate is the law- law and
various regulations do not determine what officer’s
should do.
• Recommend or develop improvements in police policies,
procedures, tactics, and training that will serve to
increase police integrity and improve the performance of
the police department
• In too many instances Internal Affairs investigations,
including of citizen complaints, are not conducted with
sufficient thoroughness, fairness, competence, and
diligence.

7. • The role of the police, the relationship of the community and
society are not understood: to uphold the law. Both police and
society themselves can safeguard the community
• Improve police officers’ knowledge and understanding of the
diverse cultural communities residing in their cities.
Understanding of subculture, urban subculture and other
subcultures can also help with community relations and
gaining public trust.
• Allocation of resources and the selection of priorities is one of
the key problems in police management. Choosing priorities
that relate to the real fears of the community is important in
building public confidence in the police.
• Public relations is aimed primarily at informing the public and
tends to be one-way communication.

8. • http://www.parc.info/client_files/Farmington/Farmington%
20report.pdf
• http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/nc-judge-cites-
discrimination-in-criminal-justice-system-in-reducing-
death-penalty-sentence