Exam 15: Community Policing: Tying It All Together

Most observers contend that adoption of community policing will require little fundamental organizational change.

A widely accepted concept that provides a way of understanding things is known as a:

Community policing is easier in communities where residents agree on what problems are most important.

Local policing became the focus of national attention through the President's Commission on Crime and Administration of Justice in the middle:

The current movement in American policing seems to be a shift from the problem- oriented to the community- policing model.

Neighborhood watch programs compete with community policing efforts.

The idea of professional policing was shaken by:

By the late 1970s there was growing agreement that police should be concerned about citizen fear of crime.

Community policing is likely in communities with higher levels of vertical articulation.

Cordner classifies the tactics and behaviors of officers and agencies under the strategic dimension of community policing.