Innovative Policing of Entertainment District

Innovative Policing of Entertainment District

I believe that the subject of how to innovatively police a potential entertainment/arena/core area should be broken down into each separate sections of each area. I believe that there are different ways you should police each of the three instead of lumping them all together I will take them apart and show the way I believe each should be policed by itself. Many cities have had problems with how to best police these areas due to the amount of people that gather at these places combined with alcohol consumption can make these areas volatile and unpredictable when it comes to violence and crowd mobbing. These areas require a strong police presence as well as a way to keep the officers mobile and able to reach all areas of the designated section.
Policing an entertainment district or area requires a strong police presence to keep crowd mobbing and people edgy and physical violence as a result of alcohol and public intoxication. I assume by entertainment you are meaning an outdoor venue like a concert and an area such as Wichita’s “Old Town” that is a bar area. In this case I would suggest the use of officers on foot along the perimeter of the actually concert area, with a few in plain clothes mingling in the crowd. I would also put officers outside of the concert perimeter, some of them on bicycles, some on foot and if I had the resources and the area was large enough I would utilize a handful of officers on horse-back working in pairs in the parking areas. Another idea was to add more lightning to the area. The increase of lightning makes people more visible and less likely to commit crimes if the area is well lit and they are easily seen. Some studies have shown that prohibiting bars from promoting nights were patrons aged 18 and up. Young adults are prone to creating more violence and more disturbances. If these nights were eliminated you would possibly see a decrease in violence in the area and fewer physical fights. These younger adults would most likely find...

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