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Porteous, D. (2013), "2012 Awards for Excellence", Safer Communities, Vol. 12 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/sc.2013.56012aaa.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2012 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Safer Communities, Volume 12, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Safer Communities
“Good cop, Polish cop: findings from an evaluation of the secondment of two Polish police officers to work with the Metropolitan Police Service”
David PorteousMiddlesex University, UK
This article presents and discusses the findings from an evaluation of the secondment of two Polish police officers to work with the Metropolitan Police Service in a west London borough between October and December 2009. While the secondment was intended to improve the service provided to the local Polish community, the principal outcome was more effective information-sharing concerning Polish offenders. “Cop culture” in this context had more resonance than national culture. British and Polish officers soon found they could overcome apparent differences in their approach to the “job”. Overcoming resident's reluctance to engage with the police proved more problematic.
Keywords Community, Culture, Policing, Polish
www.emeraldinsight.com/0.5042/sc.2011.0184
This article originally appeared in Volume 10 Number 2, 2011, pp. 32-41, Safer Communities
The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
“Inside the Youth Justice Board: ambiguity and influence in New Labour's youth justice”
Anna Souhami
This article originally appeared in Volume 10 Number 3, 2011 Safer Communities
“Payment by results in the criminal justice system: can it deliver?”
Jon Collins
This article originally appeared in Volume 10 Number 2, 2011 Safer Communities