tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post6577496140665528941..comments2023-10-31T02:08:20.043-07:00Comments on CJS395 Spring 2012: Small town vs. Large town PolicingMichael Gizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691728024188312906noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-36455087713389823402012-04-21T14:16:34.042-07:002012-04-21T14:16:34.042-07:00This is so true. There is a huge difference in th...This is so true. There is a huge difference in those two kinds of policing. I live in a small town called Mahomet. Everyone in the town knows the name of every single officer we have. It seems like it's a little bit laid back in this town, for the most part. When I got off work the other week, I stopped by the gas station where the main officer usually can be found around that time (it was around 3am). I went inside, he was there, standing at the counter, drinking his coffee and reading the newspaper. I thought it was funny that he has the time to just stay there and read on his shift. It's a small town, and he gets a lot of free time.Scott Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257915221160445128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-40715337797499583032012-02-17T15:46:01.488-08:002012-02-17T15:46:01.488-08:00I have a few family members that are in both rural...I have a few family members that are in both rural and urban departments. I do think that rural departments are a little unappreciated. Not that they face as many challenges as urban departments, but rural areas are generally small staffed. On top of that they have to cover a very large area, depending where the department is, they may have to cover up to 20+ miles, which makes responding to emergencies a little more challenging.Andrew Countrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380090802287892323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-80867952851536831642012-02-10T18:10:56.177-08:002012-02-10T18:10:56.177-08:00I thought that your post about small town vs. larg...I thought that your post about small town vs. large city policing data was very interesting because everyone forgets about the small town departments. I feel like the lack of data on small down departments is attributed to the fact that researchers want to save time by getting a larger sample size from the cities where they would have spent a lot more time trying to gather records from many different small town areas. Also, I believe that the lack of information could be attributed to the fact that people believe that rural areas have less crime, but it really only has a different kind of crime. The more spectacular incidents occur in the large cities which is more interesting to most people, this leads to the 90% of departments which are rural get looked over. Great post.Bryan McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840906056476339048noreply@blogger.com