Best Practice Policy - Refining preventative patrolling

The police force constitutes a very influential and active part of the criminal justice system and altogether social cohesion. In any common law country, police stand as the most visible and critically viewed component of the criminal justice system. It is paramount that the Australian police force adopts and maintains police management policies, review them on an annual basis, and apply the correct modifications to ensure optimum productivity and efficiency. Australia shows an outdated loyalty …

…and preventing crime police and policy makers need to re-evaluate their current strategies looking for area's of improvement. The policy suggested above focuses on refining current police tactics to ensure the optimum level of productivity and efficiency. References D A Lewis & G Salem, 1981. 'Community crime prevention: an analysis of a developing strategy', Crime and Delinquency, Vol 27 (3), p 406. Mazerolle, Lorraine & Roehl, Jan 1998. Civil Remedies and Crime Prevention, Vol 9, Criminal Justice Press: USA.