麻豆原创 criminal justice researcher Ross Wolf’s\u00a0interest in volunteer and tourism-oriented policing recently took him half way around the world. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Wolf traveled to Hong Kong\u00a0and Singapore to conduct research on volunteer policing and share his knowledge of volunteer law enforcement in the United States. <\/p>\n
In Hong Kong, he met with members of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force\u00a0\u2014 a part-time force that supplements the uniformed foot patrol of the Hong Kong Police. He also toured\u00a0areas they patrol, such as the Lan Kwai Fong district. “The district is\u00a0a tourist and nightlife area,” Wolf noted. “I learned how the two policing groups work together to handle large crowds.”<\/p>\n
In Singapore, Wolf\u00a0learned that every male at age 18 must serve two years in the military, police or \u201ccivil defence\u201d (fire department) as part of \u201cNational Service,\u201d and that the city-state has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. <\/p>\n
He worked with members of the Singapore Police Force and Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary. “The latter supplements all aspects of Singapore policing, including criminal investigations, traffic policing, road patrol and neighborhood policing,” Wolf said. “They also\u00a0serve in the Singapore Police Coast Guard, which is one of the largest branches of the\u00a0Singapore Police Force.”<\/p>\n
Wolf also met with private security leaders from Resort World, an entertainment area that is home to Universal Studios Singapore. He learned about the leaders\u2019 relationship with local police and police volunteers and about tourism-oriented policing.<\/p>\n
Most Americans are familiar with volunteer firefighters, but few know\u00a0about volunteer police officers, said Wolf, an associate professor of criminal justice and associate dean for\u00a0academic affairs\u00a0and technology for the College of Health and Public Affairs. <\/p>\n
Many American jurisdictions use reserve and auxiliary police to perform police duties, most often as volunteers, he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
麻豆原创\u00a0students have been a beneficiary of Wolf’s partnerships with international volunteer policing programs. In 2011, members of the Singapore\u00a0Volunteer Special Constabulary\u00a0visited Orlando and 麻豆原创\u00a0to learn about U.S. volunteer policing and speak with criminal justice students about their own activities. And 麻豆原创 students have studied volunteer policing in England during two study abroad programs sponsored by Wolf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"麻豆原创 criminal justice researcher Ross Wolf’s\u00a0interest in volunteer and tourism-oriented policing recently took him half way around the world. Earlier this month, Wolf traveled to Hong Kong\u00a0and Singapore to conduct research on volunteer policing and share his knowledge of volunteer law enforcement in the United States. In Hong Kong, he met with members of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force\u00a0\u2014…","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":56291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,23],"tags":[1115,14916,14939,5103],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-56289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-research","tag-criminal-justice","tag-research","tag-ross-wolf","tag-volunteer"],"yoast_head":"\n