NCJ Number
14608
Date Published
1974
Length
222 pages
Annotation
A FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES OF A NEW YORK CITY PATROLMAN BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST POLICE OFFICER TO BECOME A PRACTICING PSYCHOLOGIST AS AN OFFICIAL PART OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
UPON HEARING THAT THE AUTHOR, THEN A TRAFFIC POLICEMAN, HAD EARNED HIS DOCTORATE IN PSYCHOLOGY, THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF NEW YORK CITY ASKED THAT HE SET UP A UNIT IN THE MEDICAL SECTION TO PUT PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES TO WORK TO HELP POLICEMEN IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES AND ON THE JOB. THIS TEXT DESCRIBES THE EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR FROM HIS ENTRY INTO THE POLICE FORCE THROUGH HIS PARTICIPATION IN SUCH SITUATIONS AS THE 'BROOKLYN SEIGE', IN WHICH HE NEGOTIATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH CRIMINALS HOLDING HOSTAGES. THE TEXT PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO A UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN POLICE FORCE.