Assignment:
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the historical and current status of police community relations (particularly as concerns minorities), and what are some underlying reasons for that situation?
2. How would you define community policing, and what are some of the major ways this concept differs from traditional policing?
3. How would you describe problem-oriented policing, and what are the four parts of the SARA problem-solving process?
4. What is Smart Policing? How did it originate, and what has been learned from the test sites and where has it been tested?
5. What, in your opinion, will it take to improve police community relations?