Cooperation between policing institutions
Implementation environmental legislation has attracted considerable cooperation between diverse policing institutions through international multilateral agreements, regional political or legal blocks, national, state or local laws. For example, similar environmental laws and their methods of enforcement have, to some extent, been incorporated into the domestic laws of many member states of the European Community (EC) and indeed some member states allow the EC to legislate in a qualified manner on environmental.
Traditionally, police services were seen as a “crime fighting” or a “crime prevention” force. However, modern police service are now providers a variety of services to the community beyond the traditional perceptions of policing in society. Modern police organisations perform many different functions that cover a myriad of administrative, regulatory, social welfare and law enforcement roles in civil society. For example, police in many jurisdictions are responsible for the licensing of firearms, provision of motor vehicle licenses and registration, providing social services and importantly, enforcing environmental laws and investigating crimes that now have and international regional national and local significance. The increased participation of the police in civil society has become the subject of considerable investigation and research. Indeed, there has been a significant amount of research into policing practices, procedures, tactics and the roles that police play in society.
