Police officer attitudes toward community policing: a case study of the Racine Wisconsin Police Department

We examined police officer attitudes toward community policing over a 19-month period. Patrol officers' and investigators' attitudes toward community policing are less favorable toward community policing concepts, programming, decentralization of substations, and the community policing uni...

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Published in:Police practice & research 2008-09, Vol.9 (4), p.291-305
Main Authors: Rosenberg, Helen, Sigler, Robert T., Lewis, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
attitudinal surveys
Communities
community policing
Discretionary Power
Knowledge management
knowledge sharing
Management
Organizational Culture
Organizational Structure
people-centered knowledge
Police
police culture
Policing
program implementation
Wisconsin
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Summary:We examined police officer attitudes toward community policing over a 19-month period. Patrol officers' and investigators' attitudes toward community policing are less favorable toward community policing concepts, programming, decentralization of substations, and the community policing unit than senior command and, in some cases, sergeants. Both patrol and investigators indicate strained relationships with supervisors and are more supportive of a decentralized organizational structure than are sergeants and senior command. We ask if discretionary power and increased participatory management among all officers can be favorably viewed by management and if dissention can be tolerated and incorporated into a dialog for change.
ISSN:1561-4263
1477-271X
DOI:10.1080/15614260802354569