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CITIZENS, PATROL COMMANDERS, AND THE KANSAS CITY PREVENTIVE PATROL EXPERIMENT

NCJ Number
29912
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 62 Issue: 11 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1975) Pages: 42-43
Author(s)
H Tytell
Date Published
1975
Length
2 pages
Annotation
ARGUMENT THAT PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE POLICE AND PUBLIC DEMANDS ARISING FROM SUCH PERCEPTION AFFECT AND MODIFY POLICE PRACTICES, REGARDLESS OF OBJECTIVE FACTS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT PUBLIC AND POLITICAL DEMANDS AND PRESSURES, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH VISIBILITY PATROL, CONSTRAIN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT AND DISCRETION OF PATROL COMMANDERS, EVEN WHEN THEY POSSES STATISTICAL EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE NUMERICAL FREQUENCY, SERIOUSNESS, PREVENTABILITY (OR NON-PREVENTABILITY AS WAS THE CASE IN THE KANSAS CITY EXPERIMENT) OF CRIMES.

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