Police Community Relations and the Administration of Justice: Media, Special Populations, and Community Policing

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering media relations, special populations, and community-oriented policing models from Police Community Relations and the Administration of Justice.

Police Information Officer (PIO)

The police department official who maintains liaison with the media, conducts news briefings to disseminate facts to the public, acts as a critical figure during demonstrations, and establishes internal training programs in press relations.

First Amendment (Media Context)

The constitutional provision that guarantees the press an almost absolute right to publish virtually anything free of prior legal restraint.

Sixth Amendment (Media Context)

The constitutional provision that guarantees every individual the right to a fair trial by an impartial jury uninfluenced by prejudicial pretrial or trial publicity.

Katzenbach Guidelines

A formal set of guidelines or statements of principles established to govern what law enforcement information can and cannot be released to the news media.

Innocence Project

An initiative highlighted for working alongside investigative media reporting to exonerate people who were unjustly convicted of crimes.

Crisis Guidelines for the Media

Standards urged by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders for responsible riot reporting, including using unmarked vehicles, avoiding inflammatory language, prohibiting live broadcasts, and withholding exact locations.

Officer Friendly

A specialized police program designed to foster positive relationships and build trust between law enforcement officers and young children (aged 10 or younger).

In re Gault (1967)

The landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified and extended constitutional due process rights to juveniles involved in delinquency proceedings.

Parens Patriae

The legal doctrine permitting the juvenile court to act in the best interest of the child as a protective parental authority.

Triad Programs

A national community policing partnership between a sheriff, police chief, and the AARP designed to improve law enforcement services to seniors, reduce unwarranted fear of crime, and provide educational opportunities.

R.U.O.K. (Are you Okay?)

A specialized computerized telephone reassurance program operated by police departments that calls senior citizens at least once a day to verify their well-being.

Tourette Syndrome

A physiological disorder characterized by involuntary nervous tics and uncontrolled verbal or behavioral outbursts.

Autism

A developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in both verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction.

Down Syndrome

A genetic condition characterized by distinctive physical features and slower physical and mental development compared to other children.

Dyslexia

A learning disorder involving letter reversal that creates significant difficulty with reading comprehension.

Dyscalculia

A specific learning disorder that makes understanding and calculating mathematics difficult.

Dysgraphia

A learning disability that impairs an individual's ability to produce written work or legible handwriting.

Frankpledge System

An early English policing system established by King Alfred the Great where the head of each family was held responsible for the conduct of all family members over age 12.

Tithing

A mutual pledge unit in the Frankpledge system composed of ten landless families overseen by a tithingman responsible for raising the hue and cry when crimes occurred.

Statute of Winchester (1285)

An English statute enacted in 1285 that replaced the Frankpledge system with the watch and ward, establishing constables and requiring all males aged 15 to 60 to maintain an assize of arms and assist in peacekeeping.

Metropolitan Police Act (1829)

Legislation introduced by Sir Robert Peel in June 1829 that established the London Metropolitan Police and instituted preventive patrols centered around crime prevention.

Professional Model

An early twentieth-century policing reform movement championed by August Vollmer and O.W. Wilson that introduced professional administrators, objective personnel standards, and administrative efficiency.

Team Policing

A policing model developed to enhance police-community relations by assigning permanent patrol teams to specific geographic areas to increase direct citizen interaction.

Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program (ICAP)

A service delivery and operations support system designed to direct patrol resources toward specific crime problems identified through intensive crime analysis.

Community-Oriented Policing (COP)

A broad philosophy where police and citizens collaborate in creative ways to solve contemporary problems related to crime, fear of crime, social disorder, and neighborhood decay.

Problem-Oriented Policing (POP)

A focused policing approach centered on identifying, analyzing, and addressing the specific underlying causes of recurrent community problems rather than simply responding to incidents.

Tactical Crime Analysis

A crime analysis component used to identify immediate crime trends, patterns, and series to assist operational personnel in real-time intervention.

Strategic Crime Analysis

A form of crime analysis involving the preparation of statistical data and long-term summaries to support long-term operational planning and resource allocation.

Administrative Crime Analysis

The analytical process of interpreting social, economic, and geographic information to inform high-level administrative decision-making and policy development.

Zero-Tolerance Policing

A proactive enforcement strategy that strictly enforces laws against minor offenses and infractions to deter and prevent more serious criminal activity.

COMPSTAT

A computerized statistics program that integrates elements of problem-oriented policing, total quality management, offender targeting, and hotspot geographic mapping.

Citizen Police Academy

A community program first developed in Great Britain in 1977 and adopted in the United States in 1985 to improve communication by educating local citizens on police functions and operations.

Resident Officer Program

A community policing initiative in which the police agency assists an officer in purchasing and living in a home within their assigned beat, making them a 24-hour neighbor to build trust.

SARA Model

A four-stage problem-solving methodology utilized in community and problem-oriented policing comprising Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment.

Community Outreach Program (C.O.P. - MPD)

A Memphis Police Department initiative restructured from the Co-Acts that utilizes University of Memphis data to address juvenile violence and target areas via identification, enforcement, and education.

SCORPION Unit

A specialized, now-disbanded Memphis Police Department unit whose officers were involved in the fatal January 2023 beating of Tyre Nichols following a traffic stop.