NCJ Number
145496
Date Published
1991
Length
73 pages
Annotation
The strategy for policing New York City in the 1990's has, as its first priority, the transformation of the police department into a community policing agency, in which officers in the city's precincts will work at the neighborhood level.
Abstract
This report describes the values of the department, the context for policing New York City in terms of special constituencies and crime patterns and trends, and an overview of the department's organization and infrastructure. Under community policing, problem-solving will become the standard way in which officers respond to situations, whether on patrol or in administrative, investigative, or support assignments. Police officer creativity will be recognized and used in problem-solving, and officers will have the stature and rewards necessary to recruit qualified individuals. New measures of departmental performance will be developed to provide the community with an assessment of how well objectives are being met. The community policing strategy will also affect 911 work demands, the Patrol Allocation Plan, the base from which new employees are recruited, the selection process, the participation of civilians in the policing process, training, performance evaluation mechanisms, and Integrity Control mechanisms. 5 tables and 2 figures