The Police and the Community:
It is impossible to discuss the police agency without also examining how the police and community interact. Sometimes this interaction is positive, and other times it can be negative. Regardless, the police depend on the community to successfully fulfill their mission. The people of the community depend on the police to protect them from criminals and provide them with a wide range of services. To study the police, we must also study the community.
In this module, we focus on the relationship between the police and the community. In doing so, we assess the role of community policing and discuss the fragility of the trust between the police and the community.