COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING
POLICING BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE
Stephen T. Dodd, a retired detective constable from the Force Intelligence Bureau at South Wales Police, continues to advocate the use of community intelligence-led policing in a thought-provoking guest feature
An article published in the April issue of POLICE commenced a discussion on community intelligence-led policing methodology. The inevitable consequence is an expansion of theoretical rhetoric into operational application. Intelligence policing is
not a misnomer, neither is it a specialism condemned to murder investigations or restricted to high-
simultaneously being at the heart of regular general beat-patrol policing. Evolution of the debate promotes an emphasises in a legal context through the attention statutory bodies have invested
“It is of the intelligence world whilst
level sensitive inquiries; community intelligence-led policing is established and progressive. Whilst it is in the auspice of strategic policing it is delivering law enforcement at an essential level, for it is of the intelligence world whilst
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in this area; this is contrasted against an anxiety within public concern. The Strategic Policing Partnership Board is comprised of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and
simultaneously being at the heart of regular general beat-patrol policing.”
the College of Policing. Its published guidance contains its ambitions for policing in a five-pillar vision: ‘By 2030, to be the most trusted and engaged policing service in the world working together to make communities safer and stronger (…) to deliver a police service that is effective, inclusive and trusted by the communities it serves’. The contradiction of
the challenge is central to the solution as implementation of national structures is borne of expedience, with a need for unified legislation overseeing the 43 police forces. Reassuringly, in terms of compliance,
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