Issues concerning visibility and reassurance provided by the new ‘policing family’

✍ Scribed by Claire Ann Cooke

• Book ID: 101774279
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 90 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1052-9284
• DOI: 10.1002/casp.819

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In recent years there has been a rapid growth in quasi‐policing organizations throughout England and Wales. Public awareness and understanding of their roles and functions within the community has not been explored. While the community's desire for a uniformed presence on the streets remains strong, practical implementation through traditional public policing appears to grow more difficult. In order to satisfy this demand, the government has developed the concept of a ‘policing family’ made up of both traditional and new policing agencies. These agencies are public, private, and hybrid in nature and organization. There has been relatively little attempt to inform the public of these new arrangements or to ensure that these officers can be readily recognized. How these agencies are visually represented, how they interact with the community, and with each other, raises many issues and implications for the future success of community policing. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.