How to classify police activities and evaluate the practical orientation of the police
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https://doi.org/10.22335/rlct.v13i2.1340Keywords:
police administration, police evaluation, police functions, police organization, selectivity of police actionAbstract
A general proposal is presented to classify police activities developed by territorial patrols. This paper aims to present the classification of activities and propose it to investigators, police chiefs and decision makers as a practical and useful alternative to carry out analysis of police operations. Using this classification, the following aspects have been evaluated: a) the position of the police in the face of reality and its object of action; b) the treatment of the police with citizens; and c) the implementation of a community policing program in El Salvador. The proposal has been elaborated from two researches carried out in El Salvador with mixed methodology. The results show the implementation of the classification and the possibilities it offers to facilitate evaluations of police forces in the indicated aspects. It can be concluded that this classification fulfills its analytical role and opens up new possibilities for deepening studies of police performance. The article ends by providing analytical clues for the interpretation of data in order to motivate future research.
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