Community Policing

We followed TPD’s Squad Four as they worked in downtown Tucson on the night shift. They are working to build stronger bonds with the community by being present and engaging with people and businesses in what is now known as the District. The Tucson Police Department is one of 15 agencies selected to participate in the COPS program as part of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. “The work of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing has become the foundation of a national dialogue on policing in America, and the release of the one-year press report highlights how the Task Force recommendations are at the front and center of this new era of police-community relations,” said COPS Office Director Ronald Davis. “This next phase of implementation will benefit the thousands of law enforcement agencies looking to move forward, and the best practices developed from lessons learned will result in implementation guides that can assist the field.”
Producer/Editor: Mitchell Riley
Videographer: Steve Riggs

[@mitchmaxw3118]

Nationwide if all police departments did more to be involved with their community the whole way of policing would change

[@601salsa]

This should be the core of cops training.

[@Erik3E]

It does not always help. In immigrant areas here in my country police try to help be kind and so on but it still dont work.

[@milktruckcopilot]

Three cops from this department resigned and the chief offered up his resignation this week, crazy.

[@shupathumedicineeagle1702]

The core of police training should be fighting crime, not holding hands.

[@601salsa]

@@shupathumedicineeagle1702 and cops can't do Jack without information from the community. And a community won't tell them anything if they don't trust them! Having a friendly chat with local businesses does a lot more than just shake hands. It allows the community to trust their local cops, it also has the effect of a visual police presence against crime which helps reduce opportunist criminals. Also when people feel comfortable chatting you learn a damn sight more from them than dragging people down to a station for questioning.

[@stupidplumbing2343]

Too bad police department have to get federal dollars to engage in community policing. And community policing works best in the poor neighborhoods, instead of the business districts.

[@IcemanJuice]

I’ll be honest I don’t have a positive image of the police but I have never had a good interaction with the police. I’ve had neutral interactions, not positive. I say this to say I’m 100% open with speaking with a police officer so we can help understand each other. Won’t 100% change my opinion but it’s a start

[@FiniteBlu]

And a start is all we need. We need more open-minded people like you.

[@imerupp]

I have been saying this for YEARS, COMMUNITY POLICING IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM!

[@dbeaulieu9730]

This is brilliant. You feel like you can approach them without threat.

[@ph11p3540]

I remember the old days when police had foot beats. They were community police and they were loved by their communities. Then more and more police diristictions did away with them and the police became insular and detached from the community. The police need more pedestrian beat patrols and tailor those beats to the dynamics of a neighborhood.

[@tnguy9696]

johnny gibson gave me my first haircut not long after i was born ( 1956) johnny worked with my grandfather for many years. i remember going swimming at his house when i was very young, he was a great man

[@tnguy9696]

@Daniel Makarov your right he had a body building store not far from his barber shop

[@painenvy67]

This is a start in the right direction only. We need to rewrite the script on community law enforcement. I believe it starts with Universal Basic Income. Then a separation of duties between law enforcement and social service. A new division needs to be created within HUD to force an end to homelessness now with the Universal Basic Income everyone should have funds to be independent. The emergency production act can be used to establish homes for homeless, medical facilities, and other treatment facilities. There can even be sub facilities created for law enforcement in these low-income communities. A Public Administration System and Independence Advocation System can be created to manage the Universal Basic Income for all these individuals to fund their housing, provide them meals, take care of medical bills, and more. The system can be streamlined and organized where all there needs are taken care of till the independence advocate states they believe along with the individual they have the funds, mental, physical, and job stability to stand on their two feet. They can then relocate themselves to a different community. They might even be able to find employment within the community to help sustain it. They perhaps could even create a legitimate business within. This could be a great opportunity for where small businesses could be created and thrive within the community. Any loose ends with shortages of funds can be taken care of with the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 till the initiative becomes self-supporting which with all the manpower and womanpower it will start to support.

[@BestKiteboardingOfficial]

That's making America great again

[@christopherwaldrop8115]

Hopefully it's improving in 2020.

[@adatekaawa1827]

Boy were you wrong 😑

[@Dularr]

My town got rid of our police department. All we have left is the elected sheriff. We don't need any community policing. If there is any criminal activity the county police care called in take care of the problem.

[@ryansullivan4298]

I do love Tucson!

[@shrugen_audio]

That makes three of us!

[@LAZER-TJ]

Seems like a Utopia ! 👍🏾

[@A-ks1xg]

Yet somehow crime is through the roof????? HUH?

[@jeremyelliot4831]

I'd like to do community policing but they won't accept my drug policy.

[@sashakhan4317]

What is your drug policy?

[@charmnGUY]

Did the commentator say Obama initiative and there's funding....but did the current administrations dismantle that program too?

[@staceypainter4372]

huh

[@harunrazak7764]

☺

[@Onionionionion]

That makes two of us!

[@mccabeianenator]

THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED....in other words, your company is no longer granting them any more credit. If a policeman is not lawfully investigating the crime on behalf of the male/female victim and is entering YOUR company jurisdiction without you summonsing them, then would it not be advisable to be politely placing YOUR public-servants/trustees under your notification that your company is charging $707 per hour/part-there-of for YOUR company time and also $717 for YOUR company performance?....and that any further communicating (verbal) and/ or corresponding (written) with your company, is with them accepting the terms & conditions of the commercial contract IN THE PRIVATE (the cop MICKEY PETERSON and their chief CHRIS MAGNUS and their POLICE UNION is now with PERSONAL liability.... because Notice-to-Agent-is-Notice-to-Principal....and also through JOINDER) This way, you are NOT resisting/refusing to obey/comply with their orders/demands/policy /questions, but instead, you are now willing to perform WITH THE CONDITION that payment is with your company immediately, because you have NO CONFIDENCE with them administrating YOUR company trust. THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED...YOUR company is no longer issuing them any extra credit! Are YOU not the executor and the beneficiary of YOUR trust?...making them the trustees, whom are with their fiduciary obligation and duty-of-care to be NOT causing you injury nor damage nor loss nor harm. Please remember that THEIR job is NOT YOUR job and that their company policy is NOT your company policy unless and until they are PAYING for your company time & performance THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED...YOUR company is no longer performing free-of-charge! You may be willing to pursue the matter through the small-claims-court and/or through arbitration which is held in-the-private because PUBLIC court is only for the PUBLIC servant. YOUR TRUST IS NOW WITH RESTORATION....YOUR company is now making money from every encounter with YOUR public-servants/trustees.

[@raeyner]

what in the moon above are you blithering on about

[@mccabeianenator]

@@raeyner Thank you for your reply. Our apologies for the rather lengthy comment....but needed by way of clarification. An abridged version would read- Why does your company give your time and performance for free?...Does your company have an aversion to making money from your trustees?....Are you not already paying them for their time and their performance?....Do you not live in the land of the free?....Free to unlimited contracting in-the-private?....or do you find yourself being more impoverished with each passing year?

[@arizonaphotographer10]

just uploaded a video of Tucson police breaking the law check it out!

[@diannaskare7829]

Trump dismantled this program!! Written with Police Officers and Human Rights Activists with Community Leaders!! This is in Sanders Care Act he has sponsored in the Justice Reform Bill 2020

[@MyNextShotWontMiss]

Many police departments have done this on their own as far back as the 1990s without any federal program and are still doing it today. PDs don't need a federal program to do this type of community policing.

[@bloodfox567]

4-5 page paper regarding this video and community policing is over doing it. nobody wants to do a 4-5 page paper unless it is a final term paper or project not a regular assignment. 2 is more acceptable.

[@loyceholland6201]

Protect and serve? Do cops even know what that means? Policing for profit is the new copsplaining.

[@reddleman2]

What happened to this Obama pillar project?

[@Cincy32]

I'm guessing it was a massive fraud like everything else he touched.

[@reddleman2]

@@Cincy32 So this video is a fraud?

[@Cincy32]

@@reddleman2 Did Obungo produce it?

[@reddleman2]

@@Cincy32 You did not answer my question. Your opinion should have been clear before you made that statement, otherwise you're just trolling.

[@Cincy32]

@@reddleman2 What does it matter?

[@bestbotreview]

Not sure why so much police brutality But with Paul blart getting picked on joked about Paul Blart type "comedy" movies + those corny looking segway is why some cops get ragged on Can you put skull and bones on the Segways maybe spikes.on the wheels like.chariot gladiator shit

[@Cincy32]

They should make their badges out of the severed ears of criminals.

You think ppl are gonna trust the police when there using high tech electronic weapons on you.

[@matthewlogan4267]

Dude your not talking about eletronic harassment are you or gangstalking right dude is that really the police doing it

[@jeremyelliot4831]

What are they using on you?

Police are scumbags

[@Mindraker1]

The propaganda is strong with this one

[@hugmc]

Well at least there trying 🤷‍♂️