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Mendelsohn Poor Police Community Relations Essay

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Mendelsohn (1970) examines that police and community relationship have a direct bearing on the character of life in our cities, and on the community’s ability to main stability and solve its problems. He stated that the police deal with crime depends to a large extent upon its relation with the community members. People depend on police officers to protect their lives and property because they enforce laws. They catch criminals and they collect evidence. Also at times, they testify in court, but when the police and public are at odds, the police tend to become isolated from the public and become less capable of understanding and adapting to the community and its changing needs. As a result, Poor police-community relations adversely affect the
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