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Compare and Contrast 'reactive' and 'proactive' approaches to police investigation and to determine whether there are any potential ethical or legal problems in adopting a proactive approach.
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Introduction It is required to "Compare and Contrast 'reactive' and 'proactive' approaches to police investigation and to determine whether there are any potential ethical or legal problems in adopting a proactive approach". To answer this question numerous sources will be consulted to help understand exactly what reactive and proactive approaches to policing entail and examples of them, therefore being able to compare and contrast them. The proactive approach to policing will be examined to find out whether any ethical/legal problems may arise due to this approach and why. Evidence will also be given in order to backup arguments made. In society, police are responsible for maintaining public order, preventing and detecting crime. Police investigations are initiated by using two different approaches; reactive and proactive, however, a reactive approach has generally been adopted when investigating crimes rather than a proactive approach. Reactive policing also known as 'fire brigade policing' is where police respond to calls...
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