Another policing: Community policing

The subject of this master's thesis, revolves around the philosophy of "community policing", which is believed to be a solution to the problem of the police, which constitutes the part of the state directly related to violence, mutually marginalizing each other with the society in a way that is understandable but completely contrary to the reason for its existence. The first section of the study examines the role of the "security phenomenon" in the emergence of the state, the process of the state acquiring a legitimate monopoly on violence, institutionalization of the police force to exercise this monopoly. The second section delves into the historical evolution of policing practices, the emergence of modern institutional policing in the 19th century, and the developments prompted by the dynamic network of relationships compelling states towards new approaches in modern policing. One of these novel approaches is community policing, which is the focus of this study. Following the examination of the impact of the privileged powers of the police on the individuals' fundamental rights and liberties in the third section, the fourth section scrutinizes the conceptual framework of community policing, its components, and its contributions to the protection of human rights. In the last section, the process of establishing the Turkish model of this model and the activities carried out within this scope are evaluated. The study aims to realistically demonstrate the need for the community policing model, which has been rendered dysfunctional in our country while it has not yet been internalized, and to show why the implementation of this model should not be abandoned.