[Common Tator]

The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.

There is no way police can prevent crime and disorder. You would have to have 3 cops for every person. Each would work a shift preventing a single citizen from comitting a crime.

What cops do is catch people who committ crimes and create disorder.

How can a cop prevent disorder. He can only catch people who have created disorder after they have created disorder.

I didn't read the rest of this bull Crap, but the only roll cops can play is catch people after they do the crime.

ONLY IN A POLICE STATE CAN COPS PREVENT CRIME. That is why they call it a POLICE STATE

[Junior]

By their very presence, Sir Robert's "bobbies" curbed crime. This didn't mean crime didn't occur, just that it was reduced greatly, and law-abiding citizens regained their confidence to conduct their businesses free from fear.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

The police mandate is 1. crime prevention, 2. crime detection, 3. criminal apprehension. Unfortunately, this is impossible to achieve. That is why Community Oriented Policing is making waves across the country because it works. Besides 90% of all crime is not found by patroling, it is crime that is reported to the police by concerned citizens.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

You are correct in saying that this model does not work. It fact, it didn't even work in the 1800's. That is why most police departments have switched to community oriented policing. You should really ask the head of your police department what model they adhere to, because it is one out of five different models. Community policing works because there is power from the bottom-up, not the top-bottom. Also, a police officer focuses more on getting to know community leaders instead of patroling endlessly looking for crime.