NCJ Number
83
Date Published
Unknown
Length
150 pages
Annotation
FIFTEEN THREE-MEMBER TEAMS WERE FORMED INTO A POLICE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
Abstract
PRIMARY AIMS ARE TO ACQUAINT POLICE AND COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER'S PROBLEMS AND TO STIMULATE ACTION TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. THE PROGRAM AIMED TOWARD IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS AMONG ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE TOTAL CITY IS INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN HIGH CRIME AREAS. FIFTEEN THREE-MEMBER TEAMS WERE FORMED INTO A POLICE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. THE TEAMS CONSISTED OF ONE SWORN POLICE OFFICER AND TWO CITIZENS, ONE OF WHOM IS AN INDIGENOUS LEADER IN ONE OF CHARLOTTE'S HIGH-CRIME NEIGHBORHOODS. THE POLICE COMMUNITY COUNCIL'S INTEREST WAS IN COOPERATING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS HOPED THAT BY BRINGING THE COMBINED CITIZEN POLICE TEAM INTO CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENTS OF VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, THE TEAMS COULD INSTILL A DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE RESIDENTS TO WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN THE PEACE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)