NCJ Number
79833
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This videotaped presentation incorporates two movies filmed at sites where team policing projects have been initiated (St. Petersburg, Fla. and Santa Ana, Calif.,) and two lectures -- one on the advisibility of instituting team policing and another on the theoretical concepts underlying full service neighborhood team policing.
Abstract
The St. Petersburg film reveals 'a new look for the man,' emphasizing police officers' low-key image that allows them to establish personal contact with the people of the neighborhood assigned to their care. Ronald Lynch, from the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, suggests that the decision to reorganize should be preceded by a critical review of the police department' goals and its success in meeting them. Involvement and trust among all levels of the department are necessary if improvements are to be made. Preplanning for team policing should involve examining personnel abilities, legal restrictions, and values of the agency and the community. The implementation stage will require workshops for personnel development and task forces for special problems. Increased productivity, accountability, and control may result from the implementation of team policing. Dr. Georgette Sandler gives a lengthy analysis of how neighborhood team policing provides the necessary organizational structure for the full service goal model of contemporary policing. The total police role is implied by the full service concept, which comprises traditional law enforcement activities and service functions that require decisionmaking, human relations, and crisis intervention skills. The arrangements in team policing reinforce the goals of full service by involving officers in participatory management; team conferences bridge the gap between planning and execution of orders. The Santa Anna Community Oriented Policing project has resulted in improvements in crime control, police-community relations, and police officer morale.