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  2. O. W. Wilson - Wikipedia

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    Orlando Winfield Wilson (May 15, 1900 – October 18, 1972), also known as O. W. Wilson, was an American police officer, later becoming a leader in policing along with authoring several books on policing. Wilson served as Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, chief of police in Fullerton, California and Wichita, Kansas.

  3. Broken windows theory - Wikipedia

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    According to Wilson and Kelling, there are two types of groups involved in maintaining order, 'community watchmen' and 'vigilantes'. [1] The United States has adopted in many ways policing strategies of old European times, and at that time, informal social control was the norm, which gave rise to contemporary formal policing.

  4. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to a study in a book by James Q. Wilson (Varieties of Police Behavior, 1968, 1978, Harvard University Press), there were three distinct types of policing developed in his study of eight communities. Each style emphasized different police functions and was linked to specific characteristics of the community the department served. Watchman

  5. James Q. Wilson - Wikipedia

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    James Quinn Wilson (May 27, 1931 – March 2, 2012) was an American political scientist and an authority on public administration. Most of his career was spent as a professor at UCLA and Harvard University .

  6. Police reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The most recent bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, was introduced by then-California Representative Karen Bass in the 117th Congress in response to the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. [2] [3] [4] The bill passed the House of Representatives on March 3, 2021, and was received by the Senate six days later on March 9. [2]

  7. Northern Ireland-style policing of protests an alternative ...

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    Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has highlighted Northern Ireland-style policing of protests as an alternative to how demonstrations are policed.

  8. Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment - Wikipedia

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    SARA consists of four stages: [3] Scanning: The officer identifies an issue and determines if it represents a problem that needs to be addressed. Analysis: The officer collects information about the problem from various sources to understand the causes and scope of the problem.

  9. Politics-administration dichotomy - Wikipedia

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    Woodrow Wilson's model created one of the first concepts of checks and balances, which is one of the most predominant systems of democratic accountability used to shape the United States government. Nevertheless, “separating the will of the people from politics” could be extremely beneficial and institutionally separating administration ...