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             public. The police adopted a policy of centralized control to ensure compliance.
             with set standards, and to encourage a professional aura of impartiality. All.
             these policies along with the use of automobiles, telephones, and other.
             technological advances helped distance the Police more. The calls for service.
             increased as urban population and crime awareness increased, making the police.
             almost totally reactive. The introduction of computers only encouraged that.
             false idea of "quick" reactive response and a statistical view toward measuring.
             success in policing(rather than analyzing the local needs of the community.).
             By the late 70's the communities had become a diverse pool of nationalities,.
             subcultures, and attitudes. People identified themselves as parts of separate.
             groups and at times the Police was not part of what they called "us.@ During.
             this time, a burst of new ideas and changes in the sociopolitical and economic.
             structure began to occur that would eventualy,bring about a new kind of police.
             officer.
             In this changing environment, all social institutions were scrutinized. The.
             Police, slow and overburdened, were losing ground rapidly. Police leaders felt.
             the need to reflect on these problems and their overall relationship (their.
             image) with the public. In their attempts to understand what was going wrong,.
             many studies and experiments were sponsored. One of them, the "KANSAS STUDY".
             proved that, no matter how many police officers are devoted to random patrolling,.
             there is no effect on the actual crime rate. (Bureau of justice asst. pg. 13-65).
             The government had recognized the problems of crime fighting and the problems of.
             Police - Community relations, as far back as 1967.The Presidents Commission on.
             Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice report: The Challenge of crime in.
             a free society, called"for the creation of a new kind of police officer.@.
             Almost thirty years later that idea of a "new kind of police officer" has.


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