Community Policing

1997 National Survey Update
of Police and Sheriffs' Departments
Conducted for

U.S. Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice

Prepared by ORC Macro
Grant No. 96-IJ-CX-0045
Under a grant from the National Institute of Justice, ORC Macro and its subcontractor the Police Executive Research Forum updated and enhanced baseline information collected in a 1993 survey of community policing. In 1997, a modified version of the 1993 survey was mailed to 2,572 police and sheriffs' departments across the United States. As of December 31, 1997, 1,811 surveys with usable data were returned and processed. Respondents from 1,110 agencies stated their agency had implemented community policing.

To enable researchers, practitioners, and others interested in community policing to easily find out what programs, policies, training, organizational arrangements, and functions/activities these 1,110 agencies implemented, ORC Macro created this on-line data retrieval system. Please send your questions or comments to nijcp@macroint.com.
This project was supported under award number 96-IJ-CX-0045 to ORC Macro by the National Institute of Justice, with funds transferred from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institute of Justice or the U.S. Department of Justice.