What are all the ingredients that create a safe neighborhood? In cities like Milwaukee — where nearly half of the annual budget goes to law enforcement — deciding which issues the police should be responsible for addressing can get messy.Demand for community input into police activity has continued to grow. One way communities have tried to satisfy that demand is through Community Oriented Policing (COPS). By integrating feedback from residents, law enforcement agencies say they can foster more harmonious relationships with the neighborhoods where they operate.
That’s the hope anyway. COPS policies have existed for decades, dating back to the passage of federal-level laws in 1994. At its core, the philosophy guiding COPS accepts that effective public safety requires cooperation between law enforcement and the community. Although practiced in some areas by the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) for some time, the use of Community Oriented Policing wasn’t codified in the city until 2021. City streets in Milwaukee had been charged by almost daily protests calling for police reform for nearly a year at the time...
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