t schools and interact with students on a regular basis over a specific time period. Here, the youth can learn to overcome peer pressure involving drug use and joining gangs. Alateen is designed for youths who have alcohol problems or have parents with alcohol problems. These are only a few of the many programs operating throughout the United States involving police in positive roles. These programs will not necessarily turn around a community or the youths, but it will make them aware of a positive side of police officers.Team policing involves teams of police officers, detectives, and other personnel assigned to a particular community area to work in a coordinated way in solving crimes. There are many different types of team policing. The most common types today are (1) animals, (2) human, (3) mechanical, and (4) electronic. These functions include patrolling by foot, automobile, aircraft, motorcycle, horse, dog, boat, bicycle, video camera, and television. The application and type of enforcement patrol greatly influence the ability of the officer(s) to communicate with the public (Lurigio 230-232).The recruitment process for police applicants is a combination of several steps and processes from a variety of police agencies across the United States. Every department has their own way of recruitment. However, there are two requirements that remain constant: General Equivalency Diploma (GED), high school diploma, and a U.S. citizenship. Most police departments require testing and a background check before a person is hired. A written and oral examination is usually the first step in recruitment. This examination includes objective questions and short essays, which test for grammar, verbal expression, comprehension, and observation-description skills. Some written examinations ask job-specific questions to gauge their knowledge of the law, police procedure, use-of-force issues and the like (Champion 122-123). Most of these...
