... is four types of behavior in the police department: service, detection, the use of force, use of arrest, and citations (Sherman, 1980). A detection activity includes traffic stops, investigative techniques, and field interrogation. Service activities is assisting citizens, mediating disputes, community policing activities, and engaging in problem solving. The action of police arrest and citation is also look at as ... course of action. Police training does not cover every situation police officers may encounter. Good judgment plays an important role because every crime is different (Bran...

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... flexibility in problem solving that is critical to the success of the police departments. Community policing is effective, proactive, it has good quality, and it is a great problem-solving method where as traditional policing is efficient, reactive, it has good quantity in arrests, and it's incident-driven. Traditional policing is a great way to get criminals off the street and it ... citizens happy. Community policing is a way to stop crime before it starts and it also keep good relations with the people in the community. In community policing, Police Officers are encouraged to listen ...

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