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You can counteract that somewhat by delegating rural policing to a larger force, so that the overhead of some programs are shared. Maybe it wouldn't be too pop
by peeters 12y ago
You can counteract that somewhat by delegating rural policing to a larger force, so that the overhead of some programs are shared.
Maybe it wouldn't be too popular in the States, where everyone from the Mayor down to the city hall janitor (and including the sheriff) is elected. But it seems to work fairly well in Canada. Jurisdictions too small to warrant their own regional force contract the RCMP or provincial force (e.g. OPP) to serve as the regional force.
The flip side is that it can lead to a certain detachment (no pun intended) from the community because the officers consider it a "tour of duty" to serve at a tiny outpost before graduating to a "real" position.
- jauer 12y agoThat already happens to some degree, but the point of aggregation is from local police to county sheriff and is primarily driven by economic concerns. In my area towns with less than 10k residents have been outsourcing policing to the county sheriff instead of continuing to staff their 1-2 officer police departments.
- rosser 12y agoAnd how does that play considering study after study and program after program showing that a successful approach in fostering harmonious police-citizen relations and reducing crime is to have the cops "walking the beat" and becoming known and recognized in the areas they're policing?
- rbcgerard 12y agoI don't think you have to delegate to a larger police force, I think those small town's should be able to/have to send their officers the state police academy (or something similar) to ensure proper training, recurring education, standards etc.