r face in order to get a confession. These roles have a significant impact on how many people perceive police officers. Some other assumptions of this view include the notion that the mass media transmits distorted information about crime and legal control. When was the last time you turned on the news or read an article in the paper that gave an account of how a police officer helped a member in the community? Or contributed to the community through their police effort? When we read about the local police, it is often about how a civilian was dragged from his/her car and the questioning use of force by the police. We are shown videotapes of police beating civilians, without knowing about or seeing the events that led up to what we are viewing. The media’s one-sided portrayal of police officers has a great impact on how community members will perceive police.Ways to improve the relationship between police and community members can include: 1) training officers on verbal and non verbal communication; 2) police departments can become more visible, hold public rallies, or support television shows exemplifying their own local heroes; 3) since the media can portray law enforcement on any way it chooses, it is wise for law enforcement administrators to establish a meaningful and ongoing working relationship with its representatives.4). Effective community policing has a positive impact on reducing neighborhood crime, helping to reduce fear of crime and enhancing the quality of life in the community. It accomplishes these things by combining the efforts and resources of the police, local government and community members. Policing concepts have tended to isolate officers from the communities they serve which can hamper crime-control efforts. Community policing allows law enforcement to get back to the principles upon which it was founded, to integrate itself once again into the fabric of the community so that the people come to the pol...
