Officers' Response to Community Policing: Variations on a Theme

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Abstract
Few evaluations of community policing consider the program's effect on officers' attitudes about community policing or job satisfaction. The mixed results we do have are difficult to synthesize for numerous reasons, including the substantial variation in program design and implementation. This article examines variations in officers' attitudes across three different community policing programs in one department, using 11 scales for community police attitudes and 5 scales for job satisfaction. The programs varied in their design and length of implementation. Although the data are not conclusive, they suggest that officers' attitudes were influenced by both contextual factors and program variations.

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