POLICE
For crime to be contained, curtailed and eliminated a highly motivated police force working closely with the
citizens whom they serve is a must. This is where the need for community policing along with a strong
neighbourhood watch programme is essential. The constant talk of more boots on the ground, improved
technology and greater resources will never by themselves take us to the state where we would like to be.
Though community policing and neighbourhood watch programmes are frequently talked about, in reality very
little is done in these areas. The basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder. The ability of the
police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions therefore the police must
secure the willing cooperation of the public. To do this the police must seek and preserve public favor and at all
times should maintain a good relationship with the public. The test of police efficiency is the extent to which there
are the absence of crime and disorder. The original role of the district constable (DC) need to be restored where
he or she served his community in the community.to help prevent, identify and solve problems. More DC need to
be appointed in all our communities across the island to foster and lay the foundation of community policing and
neighbourhood watch.
The community-policing philosophy rests on the belief that law-abiding citizens in the community have a
responsibility to participate in the police process. It also rests on the belief that solutions to today’s community
problems demand freeing both community residents and law enforcement to explore creative ways to address
neighborhood concerns beyond a narrow focus on individual crimes. Improved Relations Allow Police Officers to
police more effectively, find their jobs safer and easier to do, be treated with greater respect and have better
morale. At the same time it allows the community residents to have more trust and less fear of police, a safer
community, less tension and conflicts, safety for all and quicker resolution of crime.
The police organization will be re-orientated as a service and enforcement organization rather than just seeing
its role mainly as an enforcement agency. Every member will be trained to look for circumstance where they can
be of service to the citizens rather than just looking for breaches of the law to enforce. This will be a major plank
of improving the trust and coorperation between the police and the citizens. A new mindset need to be
established where the police will feel that they have done a good job when the day pass with not much to do and
none or few tickets are issued rather than on a day when hundreds of tickets have to be issued. A police force
which will seek to have additional signage and road markings intalled at a spot where a high level of breaches
occurs, rather than see it as an opertunity to set up shop to write numerous tickets day after day to unsuspecting
motorist. The idea of ticket quotas will be removed if these exist and these can be set only by a local comander
to deal with a specific problem for a limited time.
The public relations arm of the police will be upgraded to keep the public informed of the plans, actions and
achivements of the police. This will allow for feedback from the public and closer interactions so as to enable the
police to amend and revist plans based on these feedbacks from the public. Police reporting willl be more
sensitive to the victims and relatives. Eg ; will not say killing is suspected to be linked to loto scam without very
strong evidence or driver involved in accident was ticketed a few minutes before for speeding unless this has
some bearing on the cause of the accident.
A JAP government will provide resources and the necessary training for the police force as a matter of top
priorty to reflect our belief that the primary duty of the state is to provide a safe and condusive enviroment for all
the people of the country and in keeping with its new focus. The redeployment of police personel to reflect its
new thrust will be done. Police stations will be upgraded and the idea of having detention centres rather than
individual lockup at police stations will be looked at.
The number of municipal police across the country will be increase to deal with local laws such as vending and
parking rather than having these being dealt with by the regular police force.
The police force will seek to work wiser and be much more proactive in aprehending wrong doers. For example
cars with Global Positioning System (GPS) can be used as baits for car thieves while police personel can pose
as vendors, taxi drivers etc to catch extortionist.
The police force will have more specialized arms to investigate certain types of crime rather than having a regular
detective investigating every type of crime. For example there would be a specific arm with the requisite skills to
investigate mob killings and another to do the investigation with regards to missing persons.
better vetting of police personnel
STANDARD Operating Procedures
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For crime to be contained, curtailed and eliminated a highly motivated police force working closely with the
citizens whom they serve is a must. This is where the need for community policing along with a strong
neighbourhood watch programme is essential. The constant talk of more boots on the ground, improved
technology and greater resources will never by themselves take us to the state where we would like to be.
Though community policing and neighbourhood watch programmes are frequently talked about, in reality very
little is done in these areas. The basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder. The ability of the
police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions therefore the police must
secure the willing cooperation of the public. To do this the police must seek and preserve public favor and at all
times should maintain a good relationship with the public. The test of police efficiency is the extent to which there
are the absence of crime and disorder. The original role of the district constable (DC) need to be restored where
he or she served his community in the community.to help prevent, identify and solve problems. More DC need to
be appointed in all our communities across the island to foster and lay the foundation of community policing and
neighbourhood watch.
The community-policing philosophy rests on the belief that law-abiding citizens in the community have a
responsibility to participate in the police process. It also rests on the belief that solutions to today’s community
problems demand freeing both community residents and law enforcement to explore creative ways to address
neighborhood concerns beyond a narrow focus on individual crimes. Improved Relations Allow Police Officers to
police more effectively, find their jobs safer and easier to do, be treated with greater respect and have better
morale. At the same time it allows the community residents to have more trust and less fear of police, a safer
community, less tension and conflicts, safety for all and quicker resolution of crime.
The police organization will be re-orientated as a service and enforcement organization rather than just seeing
its role mainly as an enforcement agency. Every member will be trained to look for circumstance where they can
be of service to the citizens rather than just looking for breaches of the law to enforce. This will be a major plank
of improving the trust and coorperation between the police and the citizens. A new mindset need to be
established where the police will feel that they have done a good job when the day pass with not much to do and
none or few tickets are issued rather than on a day when hundreds of tickets have to be issued. A police force
which will seek to have additional signage and road markings intalled at a spot where a high level of breaches
occurs, rather than see it as an opertunity to set up shop to write numerous tickets day after day to unsuspecting
motorist. The idea of ticket quotas will be removed if these exist and these can be set only by a local comander
to deal with a specific problem for a limited time.
The public relations arm of the police will be upgraded to keep the public informed of the plans, actions and
achivements of the police. This will allow for feedback from the public and closer interactions so as to enable the
police to amend and revist plans based on these feedbacks from the public. Police reporting willl be more
sensitive to the victims and relatives. Eg ; will not say killing is suspected to be linked to loto scam without very
strong evidence or driver involved in accident was ticketed a few minutes before for speeding unless this has
some bearing on the cause of the accident.
A JAP government will provide resources and the necessary training for the police force as a matter of top
priorty to reflect our belief that the primary duty of the state is to provide a safe and condusive enviroment for all
the people of the country and in keeping with its new focus. The redeployment of police personel to reflect its
new thrust will be done. Police stations will be upgraded and the idea of having detention centres rather than
individual lockup at police stations will be looked at.
The number of municipal police across the country will be increase to deal with local laws such as vending and
parking rather than having these being dealt with by the regular police force.
The police force will seek to work wiser and be much more proactive in aprehending wrong doers. For example
cars with Global Positioning System (GPS) can be used as baits for car thieves while police personel can pose
as vendors, taxi drivers etc to catch extortionist.
The police force will have more specialized arms to investigate certain types of crime rather than having a regular
detective investigating every type of crime. For example there would be a specific arm with the requisite skills to
investigate mob killings and another to do the investigation with regards to missing persons.
better vetting of police personnel
STANDARD Operating Procedures
id badge
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