Community policing is when an police agency interacts with the community and really gets involved with everyone in that community.
Community policing is important because it builds a lasting relationship with the community in the fact that the community will trust you and know that you will protect them at all cost. Your community needs to also know you care. Caring is a very important Law Enforcement officer trait you need to have in order to become a police officer. The thing that Mr. Garcia tells us the most is to stay out of the car as much as you can and interact with your community because if you don't the things that are happening in Ferguson right now is going to happen and trust me you don't want that. The first thing I learned in Law Enforcement Program when I walked it to the door on September 3rd this year was leadership and what it means to be a leader. Leadership is NOT something your born with, you do however progress and learn it as you go. leadership is import because people do better under structure and they have a better chance of learning from their mistakes and progressing as a law Enforcement officer. |