The Future of Policing

A Plea for Harm Reduction Policing Involving People Who Use Drugs

Reflections on the Move to Community Policing

An eclectic approach to providing "reflections" is presented in this paper. The author presents a nontraditional discussion of critical junctures and initiatives in the history of policing. For example, the lessons of failure in police patrol research from Kansas City and the unfulfilled opportunities from Project STAR and the Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program. The paper also examines th...

The Police and Drugs

From a police chief's perspective, the drug problem presents distinguishable threats to community security. Most pressing is the violence associated with street-level drug dealingThis is one in a series of reports originally developed with some of the leading figures in American policing during their periodic meetings at Hanard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The reports are ...

Toward cyber-centric management of policing: back to the future with information and communication technology

A number of external and internal forces are influencing policing efforts to service the community. These external forces include public expectations for traditional services, and the State government’s push towards new public management practices. Internal forces include legacy management practices and inappropriate asset holdings. While there have been a plethora of companies from the private...

Farewell to the Lose–Lose Reality of Policing Plant Imports

In an age of free international shipments of mail-ordered seeds and plants, more policing will not stop the global migration of hitchhiking pests. The solution is in a preemptive response based on an internationally coordinated genomic deployment of global biodiversity in the largest breeding project since the "Garden of Eden." This plan will enrich the narrow genetic basis of annual and perenn...

Professional and Community Oriented Policing: the Mayberry Model

A new descriptive metaphor of two policing strategies, Professional Policing and CommunityOriented Policing (COP), is created in this paper. This is done by examining the individual policing styles of the two officers of the Mayberry, NC Sheriff’s Department. Mayberry is a fictional town popularized by the Andy Griffith Show. Deputy Fife exemplifies the Professional Policing model, while Sherif...