Compare And Contrast 19 And The Mission Statement Of The Bounded Police Department

Considering the high crime in census tract 19 and the mission statement of the Boise Police Department (BPD) which is, “To Protect, Serve and Lead our Community to a Safer Tomorrow”, tapping into law enforcement resources is vital to reduce crime in the area. The Ada County sheriff office is within walking distance to the eastern and south-central parts of the tract with the BPD being a short drive from the area. The sheriff’s office is roughly a mile from tract 19’s border and is about a 20-minute walk. BPD is a little further at 2.5 miles from the tract 19 border which is about a 10-minute drive or a 50-minute walk.

The BPD highlight 3 programs as effective crime prevention tools for communities. The first is school resource officers

BPD employs a full-time officer who is responsible for being the law enforcement point person for tract 19. The goals of neighborhood police officers include; increase confidence in the BPD, decrease fear of crime, listen to citizens’ concerns, solve problems together with the community, improve specific crime problems, reduce calls to the service line, and educate the public. I found listening to, and addressing citizens’ interesting as the neighborhood police officer did not return multiple attempts to reach him to discuss the challenges and strengths of tract 19. Nevertheless, a responsive officer serving a specific neighborhood has the potential to have an impactful presence in the community. The third program the BPD vehemently supports is the neighborhood watch program. The purpose of the program is to reduce and prevent neighborhood crime. The Neighborhood watch literature published by the BPD neighborhood watch programs have resulted in significant decreases in burglary and similar offenses across the nation. Additionally, to complement the primary goal, BPD highlights 4 additional objectives which are; educating community members on the most effective methods to secure their homes, facilitating relationship building by uniting community members toward a

To build the bridge capital necessary to strengthen the relationship between BPD and the tract 19 community it is necessary to build trust between the two. Community members must first give the local police officer the opportunity to earn their trust, and when given the chance the officer must be available, then the officer must follow through. It is particularly concerning the neighborhood officer was nonresponsive to inquiries for this research. Perhaps not because the messages were not returned, rather because none of the 4 phone calls attempting to reach the officer were answered. Consequently, it may be difficult for neighborhood residents to entrust a single law enforcement representative if they are not able to be