Blog Assignment #2

In San Antonio Texas, Police Department has come up with great strategies using community policing that has been used for many years. They have done this through community services, School service programs, Crime prevention programs and etc. In 1995 the police department created a unique Community Policing unit, The San Antonio Fear Free Environment Unit. This unit has involvement programs. This strategy is highly effective because it has strong partnerships between the police and the community, using the method of problem solving that idetifies the problems that are a concern to community and change management within the police organization to increase community involvement. SAPD central core is the SAFFE ( San Antonio Fear Free Environment) Unit. The program first started out with 60 officers and supervisors, then enlarged in 1996 with an additional 40 officers. The SAFFE Unit consists of officers who focus on identifying, evaluating and resolving community crime problems with the cooperation and participation of community residents. These officers have to maintain a day to day interaction with residents and businesses within their assigned beats, in order to prevent crimes before they happen.  This strategy does not infringe upon individual rights because this strategy is mainly used to commubnicate with the community being friendly. I believe this strategy will continue to be effective because if the community has respect for the officers and trust the officers they will continue to have a safe environment. San Anonia has developed a well production community policing strategy.

Blog Assignment 1

Dad who tattooed his seven year old son of a gang symbol on his hip. He is now getting no mayhem charge and carries a seven year sentence. He was first faced with a life sentence but on Friday the judge said the act was not aggravated mayhem, the charge normally reserved for cippling attacks. Enrique Gonzalez and his friend Travis Groman will only have a seven year sentence. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Hillary Chittick questioned if a small tattoo is a permanent and painful disifigurement and if they deserve a life sentence prisionment. They decided to look it over and it says in California that applying a tattoo to a child under 18 is a misdemeanor and that carries only a six- month sentence. Also the father said the kid wanted the tattoo and the seven year old didn't back away from it. This doesn't mean anything because you have to learn to say no to your kids. While this case was being battled in court they decided that this crime would only be sentenced for seven years not a life time. I think this is a good enough time even though a tattoo is inhuman and cruel to do to someone who is under seven years old but it doesn't require a life sentence.