You are a police consultant and are asked to design a program to decrease juvenile crime in a neighborhood by using volunteers, residents, and officers. What portion of Peel's Metropolitan police model would apply to this situation?

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a. Correct. With an emphasis on harmony and collaboration with the community, Peel's ideas became the backdrop or foundation of modern-day community policing.
b. Incorrect. Peel's Nine Principles did not include the focus on improving race relations.
c. Incorrect. A program using volunteers, residents, and officers would focus on the relationship with the community not the excessive use of force by officers.
d. Incorrect. If you are asked to design a program that uses volunteers and residents, you must work together, not create distance between the police and community.

You Are a Police Consultant and Are Asked to Design