Community Policing and Police Agency Accreditation in the United States, 1992 and 1994
Description
This study was undertaken to examine the compatibility of
law enforcement agency accreditation and community policing. It sought
to answer the following questions: (1) Are accreditation and community
policing compatible? (2) Do accreditation and community policing
conflict? (3) Does accreditation support community policing? (4) Did
any of this change with the 1994 "top-down" revision of the
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
standards? To that end, the researchers conducted separate content
analyses of the 897 accreditation standards of the Commission on
Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in effect at the
end of 1992 and the revised set of 436 standards published in
1994. The standards were coded on 27 variables derived from the
literature on community policing and police
administration. Information was collected on the basics of each
accreditation standard, its references to issues of community-oriented
policing (COP) and problem-oriented policing (POP), and general
information on its compatibility, or conflict with COP and POP. Basic
variables cover standard, chapter, section, and
applicability. Variables focusing on the compatibility of
community-oriented policing and the accreditation standards include
sources of legitimacy/authorization, community input, community
reciprocity, geographic responsibility, and broadening of
functions. Variables on problem-oriented policing include level of
analysis, empirical analysis, collaboration with nonpolice agencies,
evaluation/assessment, and nature of the problem. Variables on
management and administration concern officer discretion,
specialization by unit, specialization by task, formalization,
centralization, levels/hierarchy, employee notification, employee
involvement, employee rights, specific accountability, and customer
orientation. General information on the compatibility or conflict
between a standard and community-oriented policing/problem-oriented
policing includes overall restrictiveness of the standard, primary
strategic affiliation, focus on process, and focus on administration.
Resources
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ICPSR02560.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02560.v1 |
Tags
- public-interest
- law-enforcement-agencies
- community-policing
- policies-and-procedures
- accreditation-institutions