NCJ Number
161481
Date Published
Unknown
Length
49 pages
Annotation
These nine brochures and an accompanying report describe the purpose, development, and current operation of the Neighborhood Resource Officer Program, a form of problem-oriented policing in Spokane, Wash. in which police officers establish relationships with community members and organizations at the neighborhood level to accomplish both law enforcement and crime prevention.
Abstract
The program represents a shift from incident-driven policing, which did little to reduce crime or fear of crime, to a patrol-based community empowerment model that emphasized problemsolving at the neighborhood level. Neighborhood resource officers became the foundation for many successful neighborhood-based initiatives, such as the Community Oriented Policing Stations, or COPS Shops. Spokane began working toward these philosophical and operational changes in 1988, when it began a department-wide effort to redefine the organization through a common sense of shared valued. By building strong community partnerships and shared values through the neighborhood resource officer and other community empowerment programs, the department has been able to identify and solve problems of crime and disorder and improve the quality of life in neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Resource Officer program and the COPS Shop concept are suitable for replication in other jurisdictions. Descriptions of specific programs