NO COP'S A HERO - UNTIL YOU NEED ONE

• NCJ Number: 55833
• Author(s): R ELLISTARTEN J
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: AIMS; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 24 MINUTES, 16MM COLOR, 1974 RENTAL ALSO AVAILABLE

Annotation

THIS FILM ON POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPICTS SEVERAL POTENTIALLY TROUBLESOME POLICE OFFICER WORK SITUATIONS SEEN BOTH FROM THE POLICE AND CIVILIAN POINT OF VIEW.

Abstract

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY--A TEACHER, A BUSINESSMAN, AND A JUVENILE--ACCOMPANY A POLICE OFFICER ON HIS DAILY ROUNDS. USING THIS DEVICE, THE FILM EMPHASIZES THAT A LARGE PART OF THE POLICE OFFICER'S JOB IS NOT CRIME FIGHTING, BUT RATHER SERVICE. THE OFFICER ANSWERS SEVERAL CALLS, ONE AT A HOME WHERE A SMALL BOY HAS DROWNED, A BLOOD RUN, A DISTURBING THE PEACE COMPLAINT, AND AN ARMED ROBBERY. MANY POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROBLEMS CAN BE ALLEVIATED IF POLICE USE A POLITE AND RESPECTFUL TONE OF VOICE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC. IN TURN, THE PUBLIC SHOULD REALIZE THAT POLICE DO CARE ABOUT THEIR CLIENTS, WORK UNDER STRESS, AND CAN MAKE MISTAKES EVEN IF THEIR INTENTIONS ARE GOOD AND THEIR SUSPICIONS JUSTIFIED. (DAG)