EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS

• NCJ Number: 12982
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 41 Issue: 3 Dated: (MARCH 1974) Pages: 60-62
• Author(s): B HAMMOND
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

LOCAL POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS HAVE BECOME MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE MANY OF THE PROBLEMS FACED BY COMMUNITIES ARE NATIONAL IN ORIGIN AND SCOPE.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT NATIONALLY TELEVISED NEWS COVERAGE AS WELL AS PROGRAMS ABOUT POLICE WORK SOMETIMES CONTRIBUTE TO FALSE IMPRESSIONS THAT ARE TRANSFERRED BY THE PUBLIC TO LOCAL POLICE. FURTHERMORE, SUCH PROBLEMS AS ORGANIZED CRIME, DRUG ABUSE, YOUTH CULTURE, AND PROTEST OVER NATIONAL ISSUES PRESENT PROBLEMS WHICH ARE MADE INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT BY THE BROAD SCALE OF THEIR ORIGIN.