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7 Am. J. Police 29 (1988)
Challenges to Supervision in Community Policing: Observations on a Pilot Project

handle is hein.journals/ajpol7 and id is 165 raw text is: American Journal of Police 29 CHALLENGES TO SUPERVISION IN COMMUNITY POLICING: OBSERVATIONS ON A PILOT PROJECT David Weisburd Rutgers University Jerome McElroy Vera Institute of Justice Patricia Hardyman Fordham University *Research for this article was conducted at the Vera Institute of Justice with support from the New York City Police Department and the Florence V Burden Foundation. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policies of these agencies. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the Walter Reed Anny Institute of Research and the American Society of Criminology. We would like to thank Coleen Cosgrove, Michael Farrell, Hennan Goldstein, Sally Hillsman, Larry Ingrahaln, Lawrence Shennan, and Michele Sviridoff for their helpful comments and suggestions. ABSTRACT The community policing philosophy calls for a number of oper- ational and organizational changes that are inconsistent with the military model of supervision which now dominates most urban po- lice departments. While most scholars recognize that community policing has serious implications for police supervisors, researchers have not focused systematic attention on this issue. Relying upon