CONTROLLING THE POLICE (FROM POLICE IN SOCIETY, 1975 BY EMILIO C VIANO AND JEFFREY H REIMAN - SEE NCJ-29466)

• NCJ Number: 29471
• Author(s): L B COOPER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Lexington Books
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT, IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE, POLICE REFORM MUST BE SYSTEMIC AND STRUCTURAL, WITH A SHIFT OF THE BASES OF AUTHORITY AND DECISION-MAKING POWERS.

Abstract

CONCENTRATION HAS BEEN ON REFORMING THE POLICE WITHIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK. EFFORTS AT MINORITY RECRUITMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING, COMMUNITY RELATIONS UNITS, AND POLICE REVIEW BOARDS HAVE BEEN LARGELY COSMETIC AND INEFFECTIVE. COMMUNITY CONTROL, WITH ITS CONCOMITANT SHIFT IN EMPHASIS FROM SERVING THE WILL OF THE STATE TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, IS SUGGESTED AS THE ONLY MEANS OF INTEGRATING THE POLICE INTO THE SOCIETY THEY ARE CHARGED WITH PROTECTING.