Cja/395 Critical Issues In Policing Paper

Critical Issues in PolicingNameInstitutionCritical Issues in PolicingCommunication relationship between the police and the public has changed over the years since the institutionalizing of policing. A historical trace of the events that shaped how the police communicate with the public show a force that has been forced to change from authoritative to collaborative approach as attempts are made to build trust instead of distrust. Potter (2013) in tracing the history of the police in the United States reports that the first police organizations were bureaucratic and based on traditional power relationships. Under such relationships, communications with the public was rare as the police determined the flow of information. These initial police institutions like the municipal police and state police departments in the 19th Century cared more about communicating and enforcing what was required of them by the elite without public participation. Communication moved only from the policing agencies to the people in form of warnings, notices and laws that were often geared towards protecting interests of a few people.The late 19th Century and the early 20th Century,