When the police act to generate a state of trust and tranquility in the citizenry, there are many times, signs and attitudes of reproach and criticism that affect their life, self-esteem and the strength of ego; then receiving approval for proper police action and behavior will be another of the contributory elements that accompany the National Police towards a total and authentic Police Restructuring; reason why next an order of reflections is needed that would support the desirable purpose.
1. The ability of the police to obtain the respect of the public and then preserve it.
Respect deserves special attention; This manifestation is understood by the observance of values, the deference and the appreciation that one person deserves from another; consequently, the good practice of this expression between the police and the citizen it serves, will break the barriers of distancing and irritate, by default, the dangerous appearance of a third element will be facilitated: Criminality.
The citizen, be it a child, young or old, man or woman, urban or rural, wants his police to provide him with that impression of peace and tranquility at all times. So far this feeling of ownership (… your police…), emanates from the authority that comes from the citizen, who went to a ballot box to choose their representatives and they legislate to create, organize and remunerate their police. Needless to say, the police is not a reality that is foreign and different from the citizen, it is due to him and he is part of that community that represents him as the extensive arm of the law.
A second level of analysis would answer the question… how does the police do to seek and preserve the respect of the citizen…? On the matter the first answer does not wait and…. It is that in order to obtain respect… the ability of the police officer must be based on efficient action and appropriate conduct, basically oriented towards early protection work with a preventive and non-repressive spirit, in compliance with the legislation and not with street justice., to a prompt response when aid oppresses, to a decent conduct, the due use of force and coercive practice, to achieve the ideals of the police, among others.
… Maintaining the state of mutual respect between the police and the citizen…, also requires that the police officers, periodically improve the teachings received on: the treatment, courtesy, care, neatness, serenity, diligence, scrupulousness, promptness and value that they must seek its respectable citizen. Let's not forget.. "Police who do not study, will be less and less police"… If this lesson is put into practice, it is certain that a change, a restructuring, reengineering or another way to change the attitude of the police officer, would not matter a great economic investment, only a mental revolution.
2.… How would the police achieve the cooperation of the citizenry so that it observes and complies with the law…?
In the first place, so that citizens observe and comply with the laws, customs and practices that govern community life in the country, it would be achieved based on the respect that now corresponds to the citizen to show, evidence and lavish his police. This treatment will take place as long as, and above all, and in advance, the police have satisfied the just demands and a good treatment of their citizen.
In addition to the previous requirement, the police alone would not be in a position to adapt the behavior of the citizen who disobeys or breaks the law, uses and social customs. It will require as a challenge the participation and contribution of other social actors such as: the home, the church, the school, the university, work centers, the state, the press, etc.,… but what work would they do…, basically it would be the dissemination and practice of respect for the constitutional rights of people at one extreme and at the other to the obligations of these people, in such a way that a balance or balance between rights and obligations arises, and not only the pre-existence of the former. Do not forget that maxim of….. he who departs from his obligations, thus departs from his rights ……..; paraphrasing it would be explained by the typical case,the red light is passed from that citizen who quickly and consciously with his vehicle, in this case moved away from his obligation to respect the traffic signal, obviously he does not have the right to demand the imposition of the corresponding fine. At the time, there is no doubt that the society itself is responsible for assuming, together with its police and the mass media, the start of educational urbanism and civic programs, thus ensuring that future generations at birth bring with them the culture of respect for their police and that this is not summoned as an agent of fear so that the child takes the soup.Obviously, you do not have the right to claim the imposition of the corresponding fine. At the time, there is no doubt that the society itself is responsible for assuming, together with its police and the mass media, the start of educational urbanism and civic programs, thus ensuring that future generations at birth bring with them the culture of respect for their police and that this is not summoned as an agent of fear so that the child takes the soup.Obviously, you do not have the right to claim the imposition of the corresponding fine. At the time, there is no doubt that the society itself is responsible for assuming, together with its police and the mass media, the start of educational urbanism and civic programs, thus ensuring that future generations at birth bring with them the culture of respect for their police and that this is not summoned as an agent of fear so that the child takes the soup.Thus guaranteeing that future generations at birth bring with them the culture of respect for their police and that this is not summoned as an agent of fear so that the child takes the soup.Thus guaranteeing that future generations at birth bring with them the culture of respect for their police and that this is not summoned as an agent of fear so that the child takes the soup.
In this article, it is estimated that re-educating that inconsistent part of the citizenry
in their commitment to comply with the laws, customs and practices that govern civilized existence, would begin with the thoughtful judgment….. the fulfillment of the promises. This approach as an impetus to solemnly fulfill the commitments and duties that we assume in our daily acts; for example, when lending us a book and making a promise to return it on a certain date, it is generally not kept; It is at this time that disobedience to the assumed commitment is promoted, and later and very naturally obviate or avoid compliance with the laws that protect the good customs and laws of the nation.
3. To the extent that the cooperation of the citizenry is obtained, the employment of the police force will decrease proportionally.
The purpose of this thesis, as observed, outlines alternatives of how
achieve through certain behavioral judgments, perfect a coexistence between the community and its police; Well, if the police take that great qualitative leap of getting support through the respect emanating from their community, the difficult issues of fighting crime will shrink, because they are no longer alone, they have the support and cooperation of the neighbor who as a citizen becomes a passive-reactive agent to a proactive agent, that is, the law of mathematical transitivity will be complied with, to the extent that the police-community binomial act hand in hand, the police efforts will have a little complicated front In other words, a lower number of aggressors, fewer offenses and crimes, therefore a lower crime rate; in other words less prisons, more schools and above all more tranquility and social peace,significant inputs for the progress and development of society and the country.
The police-community pairing as a solid cooperation alliance between the community and its local authorities will also have the mission of promoting an authentic model of cooperation to guarantee respect for the rights and freedoms of citizens, for which There is already an experienced organization: the National System of Cooperation with the Police at the national level, on which new objectives and strategies would be designed, with policies in accordance with the police restructuring and the mental revolution that must operate in the feeling of the police.
4. Seek and preserve the recognition of the citizen, not pleasing public opinion, but constantly demonstrating that the law is served with absolute impartiality.
When police provide care to a person, they will assume the guiding principle of equality that every citizen has before the law, not promoting special or discriminatory attention based on origin, race, sex, language, religion, opinion, economic condition or any other another, failing that will degrade its rating.
The heroism or courage shown by the police, to provide prompt aid in safeguarding the life and property of the person, will deserve a recognition that will positively sponsor his person-police ego, in addition to ennobling the image of the police-institution.
Obtaining both operational profiles also requires carefully that the future Community Police work for the achievement of the ends of social peace and not to satisfy particular or egocentric demands of immediate bosses and, above all, that it act with absolute political independence.
5. Maintain at all times a relationship with the citizen that realizes the historical tradition that the policeman is the citizen and the citizen is the policeman.
The policeman is born and comes from a population or community, he moves away momentarily to train in a police school, and then returns to integrate, but now serving his community as a citizen security agent, but continues to be a citizen, and is a citizen because like its peers it has constitutional rights and obligations, except the restriction of not being deliberative and exercising popular vote; then there should be no spirit of separation between the two social actors or feelings of social and generational inequality.
6. Always recognize the need to strictly adhere to the executive functions of the police.
And not even remotely give the appearance of usurping powers from other public powers, especially not to judge guilt authoritatively, nor to punish the guilty in the same way. always recognize that the proof of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder and not the visible evidence of police action in repressing it.
7. The police officer must be aware that his work is worth much more than the salary he receives.
In reality, even if two zeros were added to the right to the amount it receives, society could never adequately pay it for the work it does and for the risks it assumes. His personal satisfaction with his profession as a police officer may be based on this incontrovertible fact: he gives much more than he receives. but when he lowers himself to receive something other than his salary, the merit of his work disappears, stains his uniform and becomes an enemy of his institution.
8. The police must be aware of the privilege that it means to represent the authority of the state, wherever he acts as a policeman.
The authority that he assumes is a delegated authority, by a chain of successive delegations in the hierarchical hierarchy of the institution. but although he is only an individual at the end of the chain, the authority he wields is not a small part or part of the authority of the state, but he is imbued with all the authority of the state in the specific field of his competition and its role. therefore, it must act in a manner consistent with the authority it wields, that is, in a dignified, impartial and objective manner.
If he is a police officer of a police station, he has in that role all the authority of the President of the Republic. He is not simply a "guy" or a "girl" who wears uniform. He or she acts in that field as representatives of the President and on behalf of the nation. Its authority derives from the authority of the President. Just as he obeys his superiors, the citizen must obey him without question. But for this, the police must take care of how they exercise the authority they hold, since it depends on how the citizen responds to the exercise of his authority.
9. The authority of the police is only questioned when he acts in an abusive, extralegal, willful or weak manner.
Wherever the police act, he must be careful not to fall into those four traps that discredit his authority.
