Community-based policing in Ontario: lessons from the Halton Regional Police Service

: Community policing represents a fundamental shift in police–services management and has replaced the military model as the dominant service–delivery model in Western countries. But this so–called “community policing” model has faced some fundamental problems in implementation, both internal and ex...

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Published in:Canadian public administration 1998-04, Vol.41 (1), p.120-146
Main Author: Cooke-Scott, Lori A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Administration
Canada
Canada (Ontario)
Case studies
Community
Community relations
Crime prevention
Law and order
Law enforcement
Ontario
Police
Police & crime
Police administration
Police officers
Policing
Social policy
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Summary:: Community policing represents a fundamental shift in police–services management and has replaced the military model as the dominant service–delivery model in Western countries. But this so–called “community policing” model has faced some fundamental problems in implementation, both internal and external. This article examines some of the more striking internal challenges faced by a Canadian example of community–based policing (cbp) – one that is base2 in a fairly “generic,” or unexceptional, crime region, the region of Halton in Ontario, where cbp has been implemented on a comprehensive basis over the past fifteen years. As one of the earliest regions to institute cbp in Canada, the history of the Halton organization can provide some valuable lessons as to “how” the implementation should work. Sommaire: La prestation communautaire des services policiers représente un change–ment fondamental dans la gestion de ces services, car elle a remplacé le modéle mili–taire en tant que schéma de fonctionnement de la police dans les pays occidentaux. Ce modéle communautaire « a cependant connu des problèmes fondamentaux lors de sa mise, en œeuvre, sur les plans tant interne qu'exteme. Cet article examine certains principaux défis internes auxquels doit faire face I'action policière communautaire canadienne, dans une région assez typique en ce qui concerne la criminalité, dire la région de Halton, en Ontario, où ces methodes d'application de la loi ont eté mises en oeuvre en détail au cours des 15 dernières annés. L'une des premières régions à adopter le système communautaire de prestation des services policiers au Canada, Halton permet de tirer certaines leqons très utiles sur la mise en oeuvre de ce système.
ISSN:0008-4840
1754-7121
DOI:10.1111/j.1754-7121.1998.tb01530.x