Community Policing and the Movie Hot Fuzz (a Comparison)
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The movie Hot Fuzz written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright is an action comedy film about a stellar big city police officer who performs his duties so well that he makes his fellow officers and department look bad. To solve this problem Sergeant Nicholas Angel is sent to the small village of Sandford. This community is a small village with an almost nonexistent crime presence, or at least that’s what the police chief and the neighborhood watch alliance try to perceive. Through some very observant police work, community policing and help from other officers Sgt Angel exposes the true nature of the town and pursues the culprits. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Fuzz) I will focus on three specific examples of community policing that occur throughout the movie.
The first example of community policing that I was able to identify in the movie occurs within the first couple of days of Sgt. Angels new assignment in Sandford. During his first couple of shifts he is introduced to almost every member of the community. Through casual conversations he is able to gather names, occupation and bits and pieces of gossip amongst the village which comes in very handy later in the movie. Being a former big city cop he is very surprised to learn that a large majority of the citizens already know his name and his recent rank advancement. Due to the close bond of the community and police this information is quickly and effectively spread to all members of the community. On the downside of that it is very hard for the police to do something without the citizens knowing or hearing about it. The close relationships between the citizens and the police allow the new Sgt to be accepted as an officer as well as a citizen of the community without prejudice of being a new guy or outsider. This makes it easy for him to move about the village and obtain valuable information that might have been withheld under different circumstances. I believe that this is a perfect example of how a...
The first example of community policing that I was able to identify in the movie occurs within the first couple of days of Sgt. Angels new assignment in Sandford. During his first couple of shifts he is introduced to almost every member of the community. Through casual conversations he is able to gather names, occupation and bits and pieces of gossip amongst the village which comes in very handy later in the movie. Being a former big city cop he is very surprised to learn that a large majority of the citizens already know his name and his recent rank advancement. Due to the close bond of the community and police this information is quickly and effectively spread to all members of the community. On the downside of that it is very hard for the police to do something without the citizens knowing or hearing about it. The close relationships between the citizens and the police allow the new Sgt to be accepted as an officer as well as a citizen of the community without prejudice of being a new guy or outsider. This makes it easy for him to move about the village and obtain valuable information that might have been withheld under different circumstances. I believe that this is a perfect example of how a...