Deck 7: Implementing Community Policing

Question 1

Like many police organizations, the EPS has traditionally been hierarchical and was characterized by a high degree of specialization.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The EPS's reform involved line officers in all phases of the reform process with the new model of service delivery resulting in a major transformation of the role of police members.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Surrey detachment has the RCMP's only full-time "Footbeat Section," which deals with a number of special community concerns, including a needle exchange and drop-in centre, prostitution, welfare offices, methadone clinics, and drug recovery houses.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Halton Regional Police Service is one of the most recent examples of a police service to implement a strategic community policing model in Canada.

Question 5

Integration of police services and resources has proven to be complex and, in many instances, ineffective due to the competing goals of police services.

Question 6

The demands on the Edmonton Police Service during 1980-1990 that led the EPS to begin the process of transforming itself into a community policing police service included:

A) an increase in reported crime.
B) a decrease in the number of patrol constables.
C) an increase in response time.
D) all of the above.

Question 7

Evaluations of the Edmonton Police Service have found that:

A) there has been increased citizen satisfaction with the police.
B) there has been a reduction in the levels of crime.
C) there has been an increase in clearance rates.
D) all of the above.

Question 8

The strategy by which senior police administrators in the Edmonton Police Service secured the support and participation of line officers in the transformation into a community policing police service is called:

A) co-optation.
B) external marketing strategy.
C) internal marketing strategy.
D) devolution.

Question 9

The Montreal Police Service Neighbourhood Policing Project:

A) encountered considerable resistance from community residents.
B) is designed to put officers in closer contact with the community.
C) involved the creation of nearly 50 neighbourhood police stations.
D) b and c.

Question 10

The Village Constable Program:

A) was used by police services in Ontario until the mid 1970s.
B) was a key component of the Halton Regional Police community policing effort.
C) has been used by the Ontario Provincial Police for many years.
D) involves citizen volunteers patrolling the community.

Question 11

The experience of the Halton Regional Police with community policing indicates that:

A) community policing is more than programs.
B) implementing community policing is a slow and gradual process.
C) implementing community policing requires police services to take risks.
D) all of the above.

Question 12

In its Organizational Renewal Project, the Durham Regional Police proposes to address its identified implementation issues by:

A) creating research teams.
B) creating statements of accountability.
C) contracting out certain police services.
D) a and b.

Question 13

Research studies indicate that regional police services:

A) have difficulty establishing partnerships with the communities they police.
B) reduce per capita policing costs.
C) are able to provide more coverage than smaller police services.
D) c and d.

Question 14

When created in 1995, the Ottawa Police Service:

A) based its policing philosophy on problem-oriented policing.
B) focused on building community partnerships.
C) focused on providing patrol officers with support and resources.
D) all of the above.

Question 15

In applying the corporate model to the organization and delivery of police services, the Guelph Police Service and the Vancouver Police Department use:

A) business plans.
B) environmental scans.
C) action plans.
D) all of the above.

Question 16

What is integrated policing?

A) a strategic patrol technique.
B) combined resources from a number of police agencies.
C) an example of strategic policing.
D) b and c.

Question 17

What factor is most important in terms of implementing a corporate model?

A) A corporate model solves longstanding organizational problems.
B) Corporate models need to be adapted to the realities of police work.
C) Communities want corporate models.
D) Corporate models indicate a police service has implemented a highly evolved community policing model.

Question 18

The shift in the management of police organizations from a paramilitary system to a bureaucratic, corporate model:

A) is known as new public management
B) establishes the framework for modern police service delivery
C) can be a hindrance to community policing
D) a and b

Question 19

Total Integrated Policing (TIP) can be described as:

A) the results that occur when police services and resources are combined within one regional police agency rather than several small agencies
B) the ultimate goal that is achieved when the community and the police form a successful partnership in responding to a crime problem
C) an approach designed to empower employees while at the same time holding them accountable for their work
D) the results that occur when specialty policing units are integrated with patrol units

Question 20

The integration of police services and resources is:

A) increasingly becoming a much more common approach in delivering police services
B) a key feature in eastern regions
C) considered a band-aid approach to the necessary creation of a single metropolitan police
D) cost effective but frequently issues surrounding leadership and accountability arise within this structure

Question 21

The Vancouver Police Department Strategic Plan:

A) is largely based upon the Edmonton and Surrey RCMP strategic plans
B) is an excellent example of a "best practices" police service organized on a corporate model
C) typifies the paramilitary approach to policing with restorative justice features
D) incorporates the valuable lessons learned from the Halton Police Service experience

Question 22

Describe the components of the Edmonton Police Service differential response model.

Question 23

What role does empowerment of line officers play in the transformation to a community policing police service?

Question 24

What is meant by ownership, and what role does it play in a community policing police service?

Question 25

Define what is meant by an internal marketing strategy, and discuss the role that this strategy plays in implementing community policing. Provide examples.

Question 26

Define what is meant by an external marketing strategy, and discuss the role that this strategy plays in implementing community policing. Provide examples.

Question 27

Describe the Village Constable Program and the role this program played in the transformation of Halton Regional Police Service to community policing.

Question 28

What is Total Integrated Policing, and how is this approach to the delivery of police services illustrative of community policing?

Question 29

Describe the key components of the Organizational Renewal Project of the Durham Regional Police.

Question 30

What are the service delivery principles of the Ottawa Police, and how do they reflect community policing?

Question 31

What are corporate goals, and what role do these play in a community policing police service?

Question 32

Discuss how the Edmonton Police Service, the City of Montreal Police Service, and the Surrey (B.C.) RCMP altered the organization and delivery of their police services to implement the principles of community policing.

Question 33

Identify the difficulties encountered and the lessons learned by the Halton Regional Police Service in implementing community policing. (Pgs. 204 - 207)

Question 34

Describe how the Vancouver Police department reflects a police service organized on a corporate model. In your answer include some of the key strategic goals to be addressed and the key performance indicators.