Community Policing for Safe Neighborhoods
Representatives of the Justice Department and Drug Control Policy Director Lee Brown spoke in a conference on community…
Omnibus Crime Control Legislation
1991-07-10T21:31:00-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/capitol.jpgThe subcommittee heard testimony in another of a series of hearings on the 1991 Crime bill. Specifically, the subcommittee investigated methods of improving community-authority relations by putting more policemen “back on the beat” and walking the streets of communities. Increasing police presence on the streets of American towns would theoretically improve the trust between neighborhood inhabitants and police, and would reduce the amount of crime on the streets. Witnesses testified on the reduction of the modern-day policeman to that of a faceless record keeper who arrives at crime scenes only after the crime has been committed, and on innovative programs putting policemen back into communities and neighborhoods.The subcommittee heard testimony in another of a series of hearings on the 1991 Crime bill. Specifically, the subcommittee investigated methods of… read more
Omnibus Crime Control Legislation The subcommittee heard testimony in another of a series of hearings on the 1991 Crime bill. Specifically, the subcommittee investigated methods of improving community-authority relations by putting more policemen “back on the beat” and walking the streets of communities. Increasing police presence on the streets of American towns would theoretically improve the trust between neighborhood inhabitants and police, and would reduce the amount of crime on the streets. Witnesses testified on the reduction of the modern-day policeman to that of a faceless record keeper who arrives at crime scenes only after the crime has been committed, and on innovative programs putting policemen back into communities and neighborhoods. close
People in this video
- Lee Brown President International Assn. of Chiefs of Police
- John Brungardt Officer Aurora, CO->Police Department
- John Eck Representative Police Executive Research Forum
- Betty Liggins Resident Tucson, AZ
- Andrew McGoey Sergeant New York, NY Police Dept.
- Peter Ronstadt Chief Tucson, AZ->Police Department
- Ronald Sloan Chief Aurora, CO->Police Department
- Robert Trojanowicz Director National Center for Community Policing
- Jose Vega Resident New York, NY
- Emma Webster Staff Member Gateway Battered Women's Shelter
- Ron Zimmerling Sergeant Tucson, AZ->Police Department
Hosting Organization
- House Judiciary Subcommittee on CrimeHouse Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime
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