INTRODUCTION TO POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS - A GUIDE FOR THE PRE-SERVICE STUDENT AND PRACTICING POLICE OFFICER

• NCJ Number: 12420
• Author(s): R A OLMOS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 122 pages
• Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CURRENT PROBLEMS, AND SUGGESTED PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACHES.

Abstract

CURRENT ISSUES IN POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONCERN MINORITY GROUPS, THE ROLE OF THE POLICE, AND POLICE ORGANIZATIONS. SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS INVOLVE POLICE TRAINING IN COMMUNITY RELATIONS, POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS UNITS, THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT, THE GENERALIST-SPECIALIST APPROACH, AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT. THE MAIN PREMISE OF THE BOOK IS THAT POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS SHOULD NOT BE MERELY A COLLECTION OF ABSTRACT THEORIES, BUT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS AN ACQUISITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PRACTIONAL SKILLS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)