Philosophical foundations of a new approach to the community policing’ activity

The philosophy of a new approach to the professional activity of a police officer contributed to the formation of the concept of society-oriented policing, which is focused on new requirements: police officers and community residents work together to create a fundamentally new approach to the modern way of solving the problems of the territorial community in terms of creating a safe environment. Community police officers should indirectly influence the general level of legal awareness through communication with potential offenders as educational work, communication with community residents regarding fear of crime, establishing partnerships, directing joint efforts to improve the quality of life of this community and the environment in general. This philosophy of a new approach based on the belief that the police must develop and offer a new type of relationship to the population, which is based on the expansion of the role of the population itself in solving local affairs. The implementation of such a philosophy in the practical plane shifts the attention and efforts of police stations from responding to calls from citizens regarding possible offenses to the direction of targeted attention to solving more socially important issues of this community and raising the general level of legal culture and, as a result, raising the level of legal awareness. In order to understand the meaning and social purpose of the professional activity of community police officers, they must understand the deep philosophical justification of these new requirements and consider the problem of public safety problems as one that occupies an honorable place among social values that are fundamentally important for human survival in the modern world. The awareness of police representatives with the best world achievements in this field helps to enrich the perception of the world, develops critical thinking skills, prompts to see the internal logic of the development of events and teaches to predict the consequences of certain innovative initiatives