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What Policing Should Be
From improvingpolice.wordpress.com - October 1, 2014

One of the exercises we used to do in training was to define something as what it is versus what it is not – an “Is/Is Not” exercise.

I think we are approaching a time in which we may be losing our police; losing them to militarization, a warrior mentality, and an attitude of “them versus us.” This is dangerous in a free society. It is anathema to democracy.

So, this weekend, I starting thinking about doing an “Is/Is Not” exercise with regard to what policing in a democracy should be and what it should not. 

POLICING IN A DEMOCRACY…

IS:                                                       IS NOT:
1. One of us.                                    1. “Them.”
2. Community collaborating.     2. Publicly disengaged.
3. Lawful/honest.                           3. Corrupt/self-serving.
4. Educated.                                     4. Anti-intellectual.
5. Problem-solving                         5. Responding to incidents.
6. Polite/civil.                                    6. Discourteous/disrespectful.
7. Value-driven.                               7. Subculture driven.
8. Protective/guardian.                 8. Violent/warrior.
9. Helpful/compassionate.          9. Uncaring/unfeeling.
10. A noble calling.                         10. Just a job.

More Policing "Is/Is Nots"
From improvingpolice.wordpress.com - October 2, 2014
 In keeping with yesterday's blog, "What Policing Should Be," here's two more important "is/is nots" for policing:   

COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING . . .

IS:                                                           IS NOT:
Close to people                                 Centralized
Citizen’s problems                            Police problems
Broad problem-solving                   Incident response
“Turf” responsibility                         Time of day responsibility
Organizational values                      Rules and policies
Quality of life                                       Only crime fighting
Way of doing business                     A program

QUALITY LEADERSHIP . . .

IS:                                                          IS NOT:
Systems thinking                             Event thinking
Data-based decisions                     Decisions by emotion
Customer-oriented                         Self-oriented
Teamwork                                          Individual work
Empowering others                        Restricting others
Coaching                                             Dictating
Respecting others                            Coercing others
Continuous improvement            Status quo

[From the Quality Leadership Workbook, Madison Police Department, 1991]
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Effective Community Policing