Publisher's Synopsis
Appropriate as a supplemental text for undergraduate and graduate students in courses on Community Policing, Police Administration, Contemporary Law Enforcement, and related courses.
Presents a comprehensive, real-world guide to implementing community policing, particularly in medium-sized and larger municipal police departments. It provides an in-depth understanding of the concept of community and its relationship to policing practices. This book is also unique because it is grounded in practice through the personal experiences of one of its authors, the chief of police of Austin, Texas and who was police chief of Houston, Texas.
