POLITICAL CLIMATE OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION (FROM POLICE ADMINISTRATION - SELECTED READINGS, 1975, BY W J BOPP SEE NCJ-25773)

• NCJ Number: 25774
• Author(s): V A LEONARD
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE THREE MAJOR FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES WITH COMMENTS ON THEIR DIFFERING EFFECTS ON POLICE ADMINISTRATION.

Abstract

THE MAJOR FORMS REVIEWED ARE THE MAYOR-COUNCIL TYPE, THE COMMISSION PLAN AND THE CITY MANAGER FORM OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. VARIOUS COMMUNITY PRESSURE GROUPS ARE ALSO BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.