Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security Reform in Latin America Traditional vs. Problem-Oriented Policing - Reforms: 1. Structural Reorganization: geographic, functional, hierarchal 2. Professional Support: salaries, security, technology 3. Control Mechanisms: Accountability agencies 4. Legal Changes: street authority, penal process codes 5. Community Policing: local councils, social programs Analytical Framework: Reform’s Prospects → Spectrum of Change: formulation, implementation, evaluation evaluation → Institutional Relations: from budgets to societal inclusion → Daily Policing: realities and nature of policing → Democracy and Democratic Norms: Arbitrary, unaccountable uses of power; civil society vulnerabilities unaccountable uses of power; civil society vulnerabilities

Primary Case Studies: Honduras, Bolivia, Argentina <>

Challenges for Reform 1. Governance: opinion, politics, and inter-state relations 2. The Law: criminology and operational application 3. Police Career: recruitment, training, promotion, ranks 4. Police Structure and Management: coordination, finances, and social services amid decentralization finances, and social services amid decentralization 5. Information: collection and use 6. Criminal Justice: from crime scenes to prisons 7. Police-Society Relations: breaking through distrust

Feasible Responses and Strategies 1. Points of Tension: identifying gaps – crime reports, public attention 2. Discretion: professional integration 3. Information-Based Evaluation: results- based approaches integrating local conditions based approaches integrating local conditions 4. Structured Citizen Engagement 5. Policy and Management: standards without standardization without standardization