Policing Vulnerability through building community connections

Community Policing in India: Transparency through E-Governance

India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a culture marked by a high degree of syncretism and cultural pluralism. The nation is a federal republic consisting of 28 states and seven Union Territories. The Indian peninsula has an area of 3.28 million sq kms (about 1/3 the land mass of the US), and its coastline stretches about 5,700 kms on the mainland and about 7,500 kms includi...

COMMUNITY POLICING: Training Issues

*Editorial and writing assistance provided by Bonnie Pollard. Introduction* The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications that community policing has for police officer training, as well as to examine the issue those implications raise. Outlining the boundaries of these concerns is important, because community policing differs radically from traditions policing, such as motor patrol,...

Building Connections

Last year, in "Choosing Penn's Future," I reported to you my understanding of the key issues and opportunities the Universityfaces in the 1980's. At that time, I stressed that three special challenges would shape or educational planning for 1983 and beyond: undergraduate education, research excellence, and student financial assistance. This is a report on where those plans have taken us thusfar...

Community Technology and Community Building: Early Results from the Creating Community Connections Project

Received 1 February 2002; accepted 2 November 2002. The Camfield Estates–MIT Creating Community Connections project has been a true team effort. Leadership at Camfield Estates consists of Paulette Ford, CTA President, and Nakia Keizer, Project Leader and MIT Reflective Community Practitioner, along with the following board members and advisors: Constance Terrell, Malissa Evans, Luon Williams, E...

Effective Community Policing Performance Measures