Public and Private Police Partnership

Please respond to EACH of the following discussion topics and submit them to the discussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts.

For your follow up post…review the responses provided by your peers. Engage in conversation, or even civil debate, as you discuss their insights and viewpoints. You may ask questions for clarification (if you are confused by their initial post) or pose questions that advance the conversation. You might even find a topic that leads you to further research in the area!

View your discussion rubric.

Remember, to be persuasive, you must use facts and logic. Identify the sources of information that you use, and don’t draw general conclusions from specific incidents.

Chapter five of the text lists four types of private policing. Select one of the four types of private policing and answer the following questions:

1. What brought about the need for this kind of policing?
2. Does this type of private policing do a better job (for its intended purpose) than what could be done by the public police? If so, how? If not, why?
3. How can the public police and private police form a partnership that would make policing in this area even more effective?