POLICY ADMINISTRATOR DISCRETION AND TEAM POLICING MANAGEMENT - COMMUNITY BASED POLICING

• NCJ Number: 32853
• Author(s): F J VILLELLA
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 37 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BY THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR ANALYZING A POLICY DECISION TO ADOPT TEAM POLICING.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THE POINT THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD CAREFULLY EXAMINE THE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS PRIOR TO EXERCISING HIS DISCRETION TO PROCEED WITH SUCH A PROGRAM. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BEARING ON TEAM POLICING IS MADE AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF TEAM POLICING ARE DISCUSSED: DEMANDS ON THE PATROLMAN, BASIC OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORTS, DECENTRALIZATION, AND PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT.