Overview
Offers an accessible, timely, and practical guide to frontline policing in the 21st Century, based on theory and research
Addresses the modern day challenges and risks that the police force faces, including issues relating to public trust and confidence in the police
Appeals to students in law enforcement and criminal justice, security and police personnel, and those at police training facilities, technical institutes, and community colleges
Covers recent events and the important advances that have happened in police patrol in recent decades
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About this book
This book provides the “how to’s” of police patrol, focusing on how officers on the front line perform their duties (covering both skills and techniques), meet day-to-day challenges, and manage the tasks and risks associated with modern police patrol. Drawing on theory, research, and the experience of numerous practitioners, it provides practical daily checklists and guidance for delivering primary police services:
• Conducting mobile and foot patrols
• Completing a preliminary investigation
• Canvassing a neighborhood
• Developing street contacts
• Building and sustaining trust
• Delivering death notifications, and more.
It features interviews with frontline officers, as well as both police chiefs and supervisors to examine the role of police officers in the 21st century and their partnership with, and accountability to, the communities they serve. In addition, this book explores how modern policing has evolved by examining the research, innovation, tradition, and technology upon which it is based. It provides new perspectives and ideas as well as basic knowledge of daily practices, offering value to new and experienced police and security personnel alike; students in criminal justice, law and public safety; community leaders; and others involved in advancing police operations and community well-being.
Reviews
“If we are going to make progress in advancing police/community relations, we need to focus on patrol officers and the work they do in our neighborhoods and communities. How they interact with people, handle calls, protect homes and small businesses, influence our children, and solve problems is more important to me than how the police department is organized or how many new programs it initiates. This text gives new perspective on how the officers assigned to our community do their job.” (Stuart M. Brooks, Community leader, Business owner)
“Mastery of Police Patrol provides what we need to help people in other fields better understand the work of police officers. Politicians, attorneys, university teachers and researchers, community leaders, public health officials, and others draw conclusions about the police often without sufficient awareness of how they approach their routine and extraordinary tasks. This text provides insight into frontline police operations and how theory and evidence is put into practice.” (Mark Gabriele, Asymmetric Operations Sector, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Captain, Maryland State Police (retired))Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sheldon Greenberg, PhD, is Professor of Management and Leadership in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University, USA. He began his career with the Howard County (MD) Police Department, serving in positions from patrol officer to bureau commander.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Frontline Policing in the 21st Century
Book Subtitle: Mastery of Police Patrol
Authors: Sheldon F. Greenberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53565-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53564-7Published: 07 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53565-4Published: 29 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 566
Topics: Popular Social Sciences, Crime and Society, Organized Crime, Terrorism and Political Violence, Crime Prevention