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Strategy & Methods
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In 1995, the Israel Police command decide to adopt community policing methods
with the aim of achieving the police’s goals more efficiently. The reasons that
prompted the Israel Police to adapt its methods of operation to changing social
processes include:
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Decentralization of centers of power in Israeli society and a consistent
process of transferring influence from the national level to the local
municipal level (increased power of the local authority, community
administrations, neighborhood committees and others).
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Increased awareness of the need for quality service in the business sector
began to trickle down to the public sector as well.
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Increased awareness of individual rights and the needs of special populations:
immigrants, Arabs, youths, senior citizens and the ultra-Orthodox.
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Greater exposure to the media and the building of a written and electronic
communications network.
The Community and Civil Guard department determines policy under which all the
branch and field units operate in order to establish partnerships with
office-holders and bodies in the public, private and business sector. The
objective is to create a unified front involved in fighting crime and to pool
all existing resources within the community for this need. Pooling resources
increases the effectiveness of their use and prevents overlap and waste.
Advantages of community policing
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Strengthens the community and improves quality of life.
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Involves the local authorities and the public with the police in sharing
responsibility for the fight against crime.
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Expands trust in the police and provides public legitimacy for its work.
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Transforms the policeman and the police station into mediators and agents of
compromise within the community.
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Expands the circle of volunteers and develops new options for volunteering.
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Changes the perception of the job of policing from an occupation to a
profession. This leads to greater satisfaction for the policeman and increases
his motivation to succeed.
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Increases the flow of information about crime from the community to the police.
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Makes better use of the potential resources channeled into the fight against
crime.
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Develops quality policing based on effective quality indexes.
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