NCJ Number
79807
Journal
Australian Police Journal Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1981) Pages: 118-122
Date Published
1981
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article describes the operation of preventive policing in Devon and Cornwall Constabulary (England).
Abstract
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary has eight divisions which operate individualized preventive policing sections, each discharging a range of programs designed to meet a diversity of community situations. This form of law enforcement is a planned complementary ingredient to the total police strategy, which includes preventive patrols, incident cars, task forces, criminal investigation, and other activities. A model juvenile bureau also has been created which emphasizes the importance of improving consultations with all agencies involved with delinquents, problem families, missing children, and young offenders. A joint services youth support team allows social workers and police officers to formulate joint intiatives to combat and contain crime and related problems. In addition, a police-public night school has proven popular with the community, and participants at one police night school course stayed together as a community action group in an attempt to reduce juvenile crime in their areas; this type of public spirit is becoming common. Other aspects of preventive policing include the community constables, the police brass band, motorcycle display teams, and the information service. No references are cited.