The topic sentence should identify the main idea and point of the paragraph.  by Garry Sims https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy What is police legitimacy? en-us 2017-12-14 20:56:32 UTC 2017-12-15 01:07:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Police Legitimacy https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363145 Police Legitimacy correlates to the relationship between the Police Officer and the community in regards to their practices and complying to the law. This can be shown through the Oxford Handbooks (cited by Michael. D, Reisig and Roert. J


]]> 2017-12-15 00:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363145 Lillian https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363157 Sunshine and Tyler (cited in Sargeant, Murphy, Davis & Mazerolle 2003) defined Police legitimacy to be ‘a property of an authority that leads people to feel that that authority or institution is entitled to be deferred to and obeyed’. Legitimacy is about people’s ability to defer to an institution, and to obey decisions made by that institution - in this case the Police Force in order to maintain social order.


]]> 2017-12-15 00:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363157 Joneeta https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363465 Police legitimacy according to the Commission On Peace Officer Standards and Training (n.a., n.d.), is the community's perception of whether the Police have the authority to carry on with their duty, this is intertwined with public trust and confidence, which in turn beckons the question of the community's compliance or cooperation with the police.]]> 2017-12-15 00:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363465 Danica Matsen https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363540 Successful policing relies on the ability of police to secure cooperation and compliance from the public. This can be portrayed through police legitimacy. Police legitimacy is defined as...............]]> 2017-12-15 00:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363540 Britney https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363630 Police powers are unstable and can easily have a negative impact on the way that the police are viewed, because of this police legitimacy was created ]]> 2017-12-15 00:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/g_sims/topic_legitimacy/wish/216363630