Community Policing and Special Populations

1. Discuss the special groups the authors are referring to when they write about “special populations.” What unique problems do these groups have with respect to the delivery of police services?

2. Of the special populations discussed in the text, which group, in your estimation, presents the greatest difficulties for the police? Why? 3. Discuss the reasons juveniles represent a special problem for community policing.

4. When dealing with the homeless, CPOs must realize that there are different types of homeless.

Describe the different types and how dealing with each is different.