Cja/454 Community Problem Solving Paper

Community Problem Solving Fighting Drugs in Brooklyn Name Institutional affiliation Community Problem Solving Fighting Drugs in Brooklyn Introduction Law enforcement is a branch of the Criminal Justice system that deals with the enforcing of laws, maintaining public order and public safety. However, there are insufficient personnel, few resources to prevent all criminal activities and mistrust between the public and the law enforcement agencies. Therefore, a new proactive law enforcement strategy called the Community Oriented Policing Services aims at building a partnership between the public and the law enforcement is rapidly gaining popularity. As partners, the police and the community ensure that their efforts complement each other towards a common goal of crime deterrence, public safety and public order. The critical features of community policing are partnership, problem-solving, service-oriented, decentralization of command and innovation in problem-solving. Community policing has helped to reduce the drug problem in Brooklyn. The drug problem in Vinegar Hill Brooklyn is among the most populous cities with a population of over 2.5 million residents. The city also suffers the greatest drug epidemics in the United States, recording the highest number of fatal drug overdose between 2010 and 2012. The fatal drugs include benzodiazepines, cocaine, heroin, methadone and