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Homeland Security And Community Policing: Competing Or Complementing Public Safety Policies, Robert Friedmann, William Cannon
Homeland Security And Community Policing: Competing Or Complementing Public Safety Policies, Robert Friedmann, William Cannon
Robert R. Friedmann
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist atrocities in the United States, a new organizational policy was introduced as “Homeland Security.” Both a concept and a governmental department, homeland security became the “in” policy, and as such invented a new organization and a new approach to public safety. As a result, however, the dominant policing policy up to that time — Community Policing — was largely sidestepped by homeland security efforts as well as budgets. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the two public safety policies actually have a great deal in common, and that …
Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics 2004-2005: Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt
Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics 2004-2005: Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt
Jack McDevitt
No abstract provided.
Broken Windows, Police, &Traffic Safety, Carol Servino
Broken Windows, Police, &Traffic Safety, Carol Servino
Graduate Research Symposium (2010 - 2017)
Abstract This research explores application of the “broken windows” theory of public disorder and urban decline to the pattern and problem of police officer fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. It contextualizes the influential theory into a 45-year timeline of significant events related to legislative efforts and traffic safety behavioral safety programs in the United States. It finds one police agency that reported fewer crimes and fewer crashes after implementing a community-wide Safe Streets program designed around “broken windows” theory in 1997. It pays particular attention to states with the highest percentages of law enforcement officer fatalities in motor vehicle crashes, …
Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics 2004-2005: Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt
Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics 2004-2005: Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt
Amy Farrell
No abstract provided.