Title: Prevention-Focused Community Policing Building Public Trust - Police Chief Magazine
Headings: Prevention-Focused Community Policing Building Public Trust
Prevention-Focused Community Policing Building Public Trust
Gene Ellis, Police Chief/Assistant City Manager, Belton, Texas
Guardian or Warrior
Social Media and Public Trust
Recruitment and Training
Public Perception of Law Enforcement
Belton’s Approach to Crime Prevention
Belton Clergy-Police Partnership
Implementing a Prevention-Focused Philosophy
Conclusion
Notes:

Content: Embrace smart policing initiatives. 5. Develop law enforcement staff. 6. Adopt “best practices” in policing. 7. Promote an officer safety mind-set. Policing by consent is a basic premise of U.S. law enforcement. Those in the law enforcement profession sometimes forget that their powers come from the public, but, ass Peel stated, “the police are the public and the public is the police.” 1
Police officers in some countries are branches of the federal government and function as military units;