Relationship between Public and Private Police

Relationship between Public and Private Police

Relationship between Public and Private Police

The release of the police of some tasks that can be centralized in those for which has been trained and qualified sense, says Gavin Greenwood, however, is a slow process. Police forces around the world operate under extreme budget pressure bounded while, in turn, increase public and political demands of the application of law and order (Deflem, 2004). Many of the police forces of the industrialized countries have concluded that some of these tasks could be performed by civilian employees or contractors without damaging your reputation or interest. So far, experience has been varied both in Britain and elsewhere. They are evaluating the successes and unsolved problems on both sides and yet it is expected that new concerns. The recruitment of civilians and contractors by police forces is not new. Often you can see civilians, such as coroners, or secretaries in charge of systems that perform administrative and technical tasks as non-police personnel (Deflem, 2004).

What is relatively new-and sometimes controversial - is the use of police personnel in positions formerly associated, both by police and the public in general - with traditional tasks or duties of the police. This change reflects the existence of certain factors ranging from operational demands - notably by the growing terrorist threat - to the political demands that require high visibility policing. There is concern among police officers that their services and their status is undermined or diminished in any way by such movements. There is also a high degree of caution on the part of the public on any kind of changes in police from public to private (Deflem, 2004). It is by this that the outsourcing of police has been very slow. The changes have been mainly linked to the growing fears and worries about crime and the additional demands related to measures against terrorism. However, it appears that some police departments are increasingly open to the theory known in English as "tip of the spear" used by military strategists and why these prioritize the deployment of men and efforts on core tasks at the expense of the tasks and roles nonessential or peripheral (Deflem, 2004).

All this has resulted in a gradual transfer of tasks previously performed by police officers outside companies or agencies or civilian personnel directly employed by the police. Britain has been one of ...