NCJ Number
15570
Date Published
1973
Length
104 pages
Annotation
REPORTS ON THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER PROGRAM, WITH APPENDIXES INCLUDING SAMPLE EVALUATION MEASURES AND INTERVIEW FORMATS.
Abstract
THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAM, WHICH INVOLVES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN POLICE ADVISORY COUNCILS IS DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED. A REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER PROGRAM IS THEN PRESENTED. THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES USE OF A PARAPROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY RESIDENT WHO WORKS WITH THE POLICE TEAM IN ESTABLISHING RAPPORT WITH THE COMMUNITY. APPENDIXES INCLUDE THE 1972 EVALUATION MEASURES, DATA COLLECTED FROM DEPARTMENT RECORDS ON POLICE TEAMS, THE HOLYOKE ANNUAL UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR PART I OFFENSES, 1968-1972, AND A LISTING OF INCIDENTS UPON WHICH PERFORMANCE TABLES ARE BASED. SURVEY AND INTERVIEW FORMATS FOR PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATED WITH POLICING, THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE TEAMS ARE INCLUDED, AND A JOB SATISFACTION AND MORALE SURVEY ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED. A COST ANALYSIS THE TEAM POLICING PROGRAM IS ALSO GIVEN. FOR THE HOLYOKE TEAM POLICING EXPERIMENT EVALUATION, SEE NCJ-15571.