ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF BLACK POLICE OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

• NCJ Number: 32655
• Author(s): E BEARD; L P BROWN; L E GARY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 133 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-14; 11-CD-300
• Sponsoring Agency: District of Columbia Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis; US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Howard University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY REPORTS DATA ON THE RECRUITMENT, JOB ASSIGNMENTS, PROMOTION, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, RETENTION, AND ATTRITION OF BLACK OFFICERS IN THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT (MPD).

Abstract

OTHER TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: BACKGROUND AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MPD; ATTITUDES OF BLACK OFFICERS TOWARDS MPD SUPERVISORS AND OFFICIALS AND THE ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION IN DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION AND PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES; AND SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE PROFESSION, AND POLICE OFFICERS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)