Problem-Oriented Policing and Its Importance

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Recommended: An outlook toward the concept of problem oriented policing

PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING 3

Problem-Oriented Policing and Its Importance

Problem-oriented policing (POP) has been around for decades. POP can be

defined as a way to improve policing by analyzing and acting on the most serious

problems concerning the community. Research articles from various peer reviewed

journals were examined to obtain an understanding on the importance of POP. Most of

these articles are fairly relevant and published within the past few years with the

exception of one from 2003. This paper will address the following questions:

1. Who is using POP?

2. How should POP be used?

3. How effective can POP be?

Who is using POP?

In an interesting article, Boba and Crank (2008) state that few police departments

actually use POP. When POP is used, it is primarily by line officers only rather than a

chain of command. Boba and Crank (2008) also hold that even the most skilled officer

alone can’t properly use POP due to limited resources. Therefore these tactics need to be

incorporated among the rank structure with efficient communication. A group effort is

needed in order to achieve positive results, the task of POP should not be the

responsibility of just line officers.

On another note, POP has been adopted by many police agencies in the United

Kingdom and the United States (Tiley, 2010). Though its’ core values may have been

instilled in many police departments, not all of these agen...

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... Putting POP to the pavement: captains in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Police Department share their experiences. Police Practice & Research, 11(6),

491-504.

McGarrell, E. F., Freilich, J. D., & Chermak, S. (2007). Intelligence-Led Policing As a

Framework for Responding to Terrorism. Journal of Contemporary Criminal

Justice, 23(2), 142-158.

Quinet, K., Nunn, S., & Kincaid, N. L. (2003). Training Police: A Case Study of

Differential Impacts of Problem-Oriented Policing Training. Police Practice &

Research, 4(3), 263-283

Ratcliffe, J. H. (2008). ‘Intelligence-Led Policing’ (Willan Publishing: Cullompton,

Devon). Retrieved from http://jratcliffe.net/research/ilp.htm.

Tiley, N. (2010). Whither problem-oriented policing. Criminology & Public Policy, 9(1),

183-195.

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