Please select one topic from the options below. Remember that in addition to commenting on one of the topics below, you must also respond to another student's post. You may either respond to a student's post about the topic you selected, or you may respond to a comment made about another topic. The comments need to be in own words.
Topic 1: Should community policing be used in place of our traditional policing methods? Why or why not?
Topic 2: Provide a real world example of a department utilizing community policing. Has it been effective?
Topic 3: How does community police and problem solving policing differ? How are they the same? Could both be successfully implemented? Why or why not?
Topic 4: What is a resident officer program? How could this benefit the community? Does this have any disadvantages; if so, what?