Community policing is one approach to better relations between police and the larger public. After reviewing the four videos from TED Talks and TEDx Talks and the optional recommended resources, answer the journal questions below. Please enhance your responses with independent research, personal experiences, and observations from your daily life. Be careful about engaging in “urban myths” and hasty generalizations about the topics you study here. Support your information with credible sources. Offer new ideas on how police can build better relationships with the communities that they serve.
For your journal,
Explain the notion of warrior versus guardian mindset for policing.
Examine how technology and social media frame how the public views police actions.
Explain how police agencies can improve their officers’ relationships with the people that they serve.
Describe, in your opinion, the proper balance between the warrior versus guardian mindset for police agencies moving forward.
Predict how police agencies will change (or not change) over the next decade based on the discussions in the sources provided.