Title: What are the 9 Principles of Policing?
Headings: What are the 9 Principles of Policing?
What are the 9 Principles of Policing?
The Nine Principles of Policing contend that:
COPS Office Celebrates 20 Years

Content: Police gain and keep public favor by constantly demonstrating absolute impartiality to the law, not by pandering to public opinion. Police use physical force to secure observance of the law or restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning isn’t sufficient. Police should maintain a relationship with the public that honors the tradition that police are members of the public who are paid to perform duties that are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare. In other words, the police are the public and the public are the police. Police should direct their actions strictly toward their functions and never appear to take over the judiciary’s powers. The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it. COPS Office Celebrates 20 Years
Nearly two centuries after the Nine Principles of Policing were established, the philosophy of community policing continues to be widely practiced. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is marking its 20 th anniversary in 2014. A division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the COPS Office said it has distributed more than $14 billion in funding since its inception, including for the creation of 125,000 additional police officer positions nationwide. The agency also provides training to law enforcement officers and community members.