Theories and Concept of Community Policing

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LATERThis book about theories and concepts of Community policing. According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau ( NCRB ) data, a total number of 2,243 ‘incidents of violence by anti-national elements’, including the Northeast insurgency, jihadi terrorists, left-wing extremism, and other terrorists were reported between the years 2017–2020. Community-oriented policing (COP) focuses on roots to curb vulnerability to indigenous sources, whilst simultaneously increasing resistance towards the subversion by exogenous forces. The goal of the Constitution is to establish a democratic society. We may recall the dictum of Abraham Lincoln, who said, “No Nation can survive half slave and half free “ The expectations of the public are changing with time. There is a challenge in front of the police to meet these expectations. Community policing will go a long way in meeting the changing expectations of the public. Public opinion is depicted by the pictures inside the brains of the people. Police should have capacity to guess changing hopes of People. This is a change over a period of time. Changing attitudes of public have become visible over a period of time particularly during last decade. Uniform application of law without discrimination is a basic principle of democratic system. For this purpose, almost every country has devised a law enforcement agency called 'police’. This agency is expected to render impartial service to law. But while performing these functions, the role of police has ever remained controversial. It has been witnessed the world-over that police are more used to abuse the powers vested in them. Still people are expecting that police organization should be “people friendly police”. There should be Involvement of people in the operational work of police. It is called as community policing. It keeps them at the centre stage. It works in a fair and non-discr