Cooperation and Coordination in Improving Crime Prevention Strategies (From Policing and Crime Prevention, P 19-29, 2002, Deborah Mitchell Robinson, ed, -- See NCJ-193592)

• NCJ Number: 193594
• Author(s): John R. Pike; Laura S. Gaultney
• Date Published: 2002
• Length: 11 pages
• Sale Source: Prentice Hall Publishing
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper analyzes several crime prevention strategies available to policing agencies.

Abstract

Cooperation and coordination among police agencies are the keys to any successful crime prevention strategy. This paper identifies nine areas within the criminal justice system that generate problems affecting successful policing initiatives and suggests possible solutions: (1) turf protection; (2) pride; (3) intelligence dissemination; (4) ethics and professional courtesy between agencies; (5) public relations and trust; (6) resource indexing; (7) combined resources; (8) crossing jurisdictional boundaries; and (9) reverse 911 (outboard calling/guardian calling). The paper examines each of the issues and how it relates to the prevention of crime. The paper concludes that everything that can be done should be done at all levels of policing to implement crime prevention and crime detection/solving initiatives. When pettiness, ineptitude, and pride get a foothold within the ranks of an organization, the lack of effectiveness is easily identified.