NEW YORK CITY - POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS - A SURVEY AMONG PATROLMEN

• NCJ Number: 117
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 30 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-142
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Opinion Research Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY PRESENTS THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AS PERCEIVED BY NYC PATROLMEN.

Abstract

PATROLMEN BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS MORE AGGRESSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY BELIEVE THAT POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS WOULD IMPROVE IF MORE PROTECTION COULD BE PROVIDED, PARTICULARLY BY FOOT PATROLS. PATROLMEN THINK THEIR ROLE IS MISUNDERSTOOD BY THE NYC PUBLIC. THEY BELIEVE THAT A COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM WOULD OVERCOME THIS MISUNDERSTANDING. A MAJORITY OF THE PATROLMEN ACKNOWLEDGE A DEFICIENCY IN THEIR POLICE TRAINING IN HUMAN RELATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGY. INCLUDED ARE THE VARIOUS QUESTIONNAIRES GIVEN TO THE 1369 PATROLMEN WHO PARTICIPATED, PLUS THE RESULTS OF THEIR ATTITUDE SURVEY.