Chapter 9 * The police as peace officers * This article talks about how a small community (small tribes) operates in comparison to a large community such as a city and, how law and order is uniquely structures in order to cater for those people within that community. It highlights that small communities don’t implement courtrooms and large amounts of rules and regulations for society to run smoothly but rather how everyone looks out for everyone else and that society is run by neighbours being nosy and intervening with other people’s private lives. * It also refers to how technology has helped to make changes to society for the better. E.g. racial rule of motor vehicles. * Talks about how the police officers should be seen as a catalysts or the bridge between how people run their lives and the implementations of law. They shouldn’t been seen merely as law enforcement body but rather a role model in society.

By Mehde Chouhdury

What is policing?
I believe policing has become very diverse and that every year there is more and more responsibilities and, work to be carried out as police officers. So much that there have been other roles implemented recently in the police service, such as police community officers and Special Forces such as dog handler to ease their duties. Policing to me is simply to help people in communities out either directly or refer them to someone who can help them instead. One view I see is that they are simply the enforcer of law and order but, less with the military look and more about looking friendly and being helpful. Policing roles is so diverse that it’s quite hard to describe what they do in a very few words. As a police officer you don’t have an idea of the day to day activities you will be dealing with and, therefore there is so much paperwork to be done. My perception of a police officer is that 50 per cent of the time