NCJ Number
153697
Journal
Congressional Quarterly Volume: 52 Issue: 10 Dated: (March 12, 1994) Pages: 602-605
Date Published
1994
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Police agencies across the country are experimenting with various forms of community policing, a philosophy designed to bring officers into closer contact with the communities they serve in an effort to reduce crime through a problem-solving approach.
Abstract
At the core of the massive anticrime bill being considered by Congress is money to deploy tens of thousands of new police officers on the Nation's streets. While proponents of Federal involvement in community policing believe that adding officers will reduce crime and make officers a more familiar presence in their neighborhoods, opponents fear that Federal grant rules will reduce local agencies' flexibility and force them to devote scarce resources to a single crime prevention method. Community policing encompasses an attitude that challenges the organizational hierarchy of many police departments and calls for more interaction between citizens and police officers.