Overview: Bromley (2003) conducts research on campus police departments in order to accomplish a comparison between their community policing practices with the ones arranged by municipal police departments. The purpose of his study is to provide “a preliminary review of campus police involvement in community policing activities and a baseline for further research and inquiry” (p. 48). Through the comparison of same size campus and municipal departments, the author demonstrates several similarities and parallels among campus policing and municipal policing, mostly caused by an increasing demand for professional police departments within campus communities, given their constant growth. Thereby, the results support previous researches – used by Bromley as resources –
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41) by using three categories: Administrative Support and Departmental Leadership, Community Outreach, and Operational Strategies. Consequently, the author presented analysis and discussion with the results showing the level of campus police involvement in community-oriented efforts and how it is compared to the level of city police agencies (p.45)
Findings: The comparison led Bromley to conclude that campus and municipal police indeed display much likeness in their community policing practices. In all three categories, both obtained similar results, though not always satisfactory ones, as for example, the low proportion of both sides that had written community police plans and evaluated their officers on their problem-solving projects. Thus, improvements should be made in areas with the lowest agency involvement in order to campus and municipal policing be successful, in case community policing becomes
41) by using three categories: Administrative Support and Departmental Leadership, Community Outreach, and Operational Strategies. Consequently, the author presented analysis and discussion with the results showing the level of campus police involvement in community-oriented efforts and how it is compared to the level of city police agencies (p.45)
Findings: The comparison led Bromley to conclude that campus and municipal police indeed display much likeness in their community policing practices. In all three categories, both obtained similar results, though not always satisfactory ones, as for example, the low proportion of both sides that had written community police plans and evaluated their officers on their problem-solving projects. Thus, improvements should be made in areas with the lowest agency involvement in order to campus and municipal policing be successful, in case community policing becomes