<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this article we analyse professional police and community policing in view of professionalism, strategy and structures. We aim to find ways for synthesizing these models that are usually seen as incompatible. Unlike many earlier studies of police organizations or strategies, we view strategies in the organization at the corporate, functional and operational levels, and argue that by combining them with functional and divisional principles of structuring, it is possible to place professional strategy at the core of policing, while using the community policing strategy mainly as a component part of the strategy in the framework of divisional organization. This way it is possible to avoid the risk of alienating police from the community and to ensure the successful implementation of corporate strategy through providing professional police units that perform the narrow functions, with quick and adequate information from the community.</p></abstract>

In this article we analyse professional police and community policing in view of professionalism, strategy and structures. We aim to find ways for synthesizing these models that are usually seen as incompatible. Unlike many earlier studies of police organizations or strategies, we view strategies in the organization at the corporate, functional and operational levels, and argue that by combining them with functional and divisional principles of structuring, it is possible to place professional strategy at the core of policing, while using the community policing strategy mainly as a component part of the strategy in the framework of divisional organization. This way it is possible to avoid the risk of alienating police from the community and to ensure the successful implementation of corporate strategy through providing professional police units that perform the narrow functions, with quick and adequate information from the community.

Designing Multidimensional Policing Strategy And Organization: Towards A Synthesis Of Professional And Community Police Models

Tallinn University, Institute of Political Science and Governance (Estonia)

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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In this article we analyse professional police and community policing in view of professionalism, strategy and structures. We aim to find ways for synthesizing...

Designing Multidimensional Policing Strategy And Organization: Towards A Synthesis Of Professional And Community Police Models

Published Online: Oct 05, 2015

Page range: 28 - 54

Received: Mar 01, 2015

Accepted: May 29, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0010

Keywords
Community policing, professional policing, police strategies, organizational design

© Priit Suve et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Designing Multidimensional Policing Strategy And Organization: Towards A Synthesis Of Professional And Community Police Models

Published Online: Oct 05, 2015

Page range: 28 - 54

Received: Mar 01, 2015

Accepted: May 29, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0010

KeywordsCommunity policing, professional policing, police strategies, organizational design

© Priit Suve et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Community policing, professional policing, police strategies, organizational design