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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part Seven

Proactivity is one of several philosophical aspects of Zero-Based Law Enforcement. The concept is that instead of waiting for criminal activity to occur, law enforcement officers strive to minimize the likelihood of criminal activity before it happens.

Some specific types of proactive endeavors that could be taken through Zero-Based Law Enforcement are detailed below.

In commercial districts, law enforcement officers could check the entrances to each establishment in each building every night to make sure that the entrances are closed and locked. The timing of these checks could be varied each day so that potential criminals would not know when the entrances would likely be checked by law enforcement officers.

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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part Six

Zero-Based Law Enforcement incorporates several philosophical aspects. One of those aspects is proactivity. In other words, instead of waiting for criminal activity to occur, Zero-Based Law Enforcement strives to minimize the likelihood of criminal activity before it happens.

Consider how fire fighting has evolved in many communities throughout the United States.

Fire fighting services used to focus on fighting fires.

Obvious? Of course.

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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part Five

Law enforcement officers using Problem Solving as their practice focus their attention on a specific situation involving one or more people. The goal – as the name implies – is to solve a specific problem. This could involve a criminal act, steps being taken to avoid a future criminal act, or have nothing to do with an actual crime.

An example of the first type is when law enforcement officers are investigating a residential break-in where a car was stolen. In addition to interviewing the residents at the affected home as well as neighbors, law enforcement officers may utilize a number of techniques to solve this type of crime. These include trying to find evidence at the impacted property – in the garage, in the house, or elsewhere on the property; to find evidence related to the automobile itself; to find evidence from nearby properties and roadways; and to find evidence from other criminal acts that may be related to this specific crime.

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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part Four

Law enforcement officers using Targeted Arrests for Prosecution as their practice focus their attention on a specific individual believed to have committed a specific criminal act or acts or on specific persons believed to be involved in specific criminal acts.

An example of the first type is when evidence has been collected that points to a specific individual who has committed a specific criminal act. Law enforcement officers may utilize a variety of techniques in their attempts to locate and arrest that specific individual so that that specific individual can be prosecuted for the specific crime.

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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part Three

Law enforcement officers using Revenue Source as their practice focus on ways to generate funds – revenue – for a specific governmental entity or entities. With this practice, the priority is raising money. Not necessarily solving the underlying problem or stopping future similar situations.

An example of this practice is a "speed trap." Typically, speed traps are set up on specific sections of roadways where law enforcement officials recognize that many people drive their motor vehicles at speeds above the legal limits.

These sections of roadways can vary from a street that travels the length of a large hill to an avenue with a low speed limit in a congested area that opens to a straight-line road with the same low speed limit.

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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part Two

Law Enforcement is practiced in a variety of ways throughout the United States.

Sometimes, those different practices are based on standards in a particular jurisdiction.

Sometimes, those practices are different based on the attitudes, cultures, and actions of specific law enforcement departments or specific law enforcement officers.

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Zero-Based Law Enforcement
Part One

Proactive Actions versus Reactive Actions.

It's a dichotomy faced by those who provide law enforcement in the United States.

While reactive actions are more typical, those actions typically take place after something goes wrong: An individual drives a car through an intersection while a red light is displayed on the traffic signals. An individual breaks into a retail store and steals products. An individual in a position of trust steals funds from a client.

Proactive actions are less typical. Those actions typically take place before something goes wrong: Traffic signalization that anticipates traffic volumes at different times of the day. Theft reduction techniques that defeat the purpose of stealing specific products. Random audits of individuals in positions of trust.

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Zero-Based News
Part Twenty-Six

This news column is the final one in this series on the implementation of Zero-Based News.

The series included news columns that detailed a variety of aspects of how information is presented to people through news coverage in this country.

As a consumer of news, it's important that you consider the source of information, the type of entity providing the news, the structure of the entity providing the news, and the ownership of the entity providing the news.