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 six- to eight-page policy
document (for presentation to command staff) that contains
the elements listed in the following sections.
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?
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:
1. 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).
2. 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
and click on Guidebooks and Tips in the main menu.