NCJ Number
39993
Date Published
1976
Length
0 pages
Annotation
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE PANEL DISCUSSES IMAGE OF POLICE, POLICE ADMINISTRATION, AND POLICE/CITY MANAGER RELATIONS.
Abstract
THE FOUR PANELISTS, ALL PRESENT OR FORMER POLICE CHIEFS, DEAL WITH SUCH PROBLEMS AS MINORITY HIRING AND UPGRADING, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WOMEN, AND POLICE POLICY DECISIONS. THEY ALSO DISCUSS POLICE REVIEW COMMISSIONS, INTERNAL STRATEGIES FOR REFORM OF THE POLICE, AND STUDIES ON POLICE EFFICIENCY IN COMBATING CRIME. THE PANELISTS URGE CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND HIS POLICE CHIEF, AND THE NEED TO MAKE POLICE ADMINISTRATORS COGNIZANT OF POLICE AND CRIME RESEARCH.