Authoritative Language in Police Training

Abstract

Community policing has essentially become the method for most Western democracies (Newburn 2003, 311). Additionally, Newburn (2003, 312) reports that much of the debates about community policing is rhetorical, yet much has to be done to understand these mostly experimental initiatives. The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate the impact of the Urban Renewal Project, a concept of community policing in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. After a general review of the policing models, and community policing generally, theIntroduction 109 Policing Models 110Definitions of Community Policing 111 Zero-Tolerance Policing 112 Problem-Oriented Policing 113 Community Policing in the Bahamas 114Methodology 115 Research Design 115 Data 115Findings 115 Interviews with Project Coordinators and Divisional Commanders 120Discussions 122 Conclusion 123 References 124author makes an analysis of the urban renewal concept in order to establish whether the approach is keeping within the definition of community policing as defined by Bayley (1988) and other criminologists, who conducted research on the subject of “community policing.” In addition, he seeks to undertake an evaluation of the traditional policing models in order to establish if, in fact, there is a difference in outcomes compared to community policing initiatives.