NCJ Number
12435
Date Published
1973
Length
217 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION OF PROJECT PACE, A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM INVOLVING THE OVERALL SCOPE OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Abstract
THE GOALS OF PROJECT PACE (POLICE AND COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE) WERE TWO-FOLD - TO REDUCE ANTAGONISMS AND POLARIZATION WHICH HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY, AND TO CREATE A MORE COOPERATIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND THUS REDUCE VARIOUS KINDS OF CRIME. THE INITIAL FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WENT INTO OPERATION IN APRIL 1969, WAS ON RELATIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND MINORITIES, ESPECIALLY BLACKS. THE FOUR PHASES COMPRISING THE PROGRAM INCLUDED ATTITUDE SURVEY AND CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT, POLICE AND RESIDENT DISCUSSION SESSIONS, ACTION PROGRAMMING, AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. THIS VOLUME IS ORGANIZED INTO TWO PARTS, THE FIRST OF WHICH PRESENTS CHAPTERS DESCRIBING THE PROJECT'S EARLY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTAL EFFORTS AS WELL AS THE APPROACHES EMPLOYED AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN EACH OF THE FOUR PROGRAM PHASES. IN PART TWO A NUMBER OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS ARE DESCRIBED. THE FINAL CHAPTER DISCUSSES SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE CONSIDERING IMPLEMENTING OR PRESENTLY ENGAGED IN SUCH COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS INTERVIEW SCHEDULES, PROJECT PROPOSALS, POLICE AND RESIDENT ATTITUDE COMPARISONS, AND EVALUATION FORMS.