Implicaciones teóricas y prácticas de la adopción del Modelo de Servicio de Policía Comunitaria en Honduras

Abstract

The impulse of institutional reforms of the police forces in Latin America has brought with it the implementation of new practices that, for the most part, are aimed at strengthening the police-community bond. In Honduras, since 2016, the National Police has adopted a National Model of the Community Police Service, within the framework of a process aimed at changing the police identity, which historically has been closer to an exercise of authority and control over to the community. The intersubjective role that the community plays in the exercise of the police function is examined in this paper with the aim of exploring the nature of community policing. This and the aforementioned make visible the need to recognize and overcome the challenges in order to successfully implement the community policing model in Honduras.