EVALUATION OF CINCINNATI'S COMMUNITY SECTOR TEAM POLICING PROGRAM - A PROGRESS REPORT - THE FIRST SIX MONTHS SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS - WORKING PAPER

• NCJ Number: 15364
• Author(s): A I SCHWARTZ; S N CLARREN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 28 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Police Foundation
• Corporate Author: The Urban Institute
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EVALUATION OF SELECTED GOAL ACHIEVEMENT AFTER SIX MONTHS OF A POLICING EXPERIMENT IN ONE OF CINCINNATI'S SIX POLICE DISTRICTS.

Abstract

THIS REPORT CONSISTS OF A NARRATIVE INTERPRETATION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION WHICH IS NOT PRESENTED IN THE REPORT. THE MOST POSITIVE FINDINGS WERE THAT BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE FELT THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN MUTUAL RECOGNITION. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH OPINION MOST CITIZENS HAD OF POLICE METHODS OF HANDLING INCIDENTS. CITIZEN FEAR OF CRIME IN THE EXPERIMENTAL DISTRICT WAS REDUCED, BUT FEAR OF CRIME IN OTHER AREAS IN CINCINNATI WAS ALSO REDUCED. COMSEC, THE COMMUNITY SECTOR TEAM POLICING PROGRAM, HAS NOT CAUSED ANY CHANGES IN THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF REPORTED CRIME, BUT THE DATA SUGGEST THAT COMSEC MAY HAVE HAD SOME INFLUENCE IN THE REDUCTION OF BURGLARIES. THE POLICEMEN IN THE COMSEC PROGRAM WERE GENERALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. VICTIMIZATION INFORMATION IN THE REPORT WAS GATHERED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH 2,200 CITIZENS FROM RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS. ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. VICTIMIZATION INFORMATION IN THE