Kansas City Preventive Patrol Essay

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After reading and researching information about the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment, I agree with the findings. The determination of the experiment was that changing some regular patrols to marked patrols did not statistically alter some crimes being committed, did not change the public perception of safety, and did not improve or decrease community satisfaction with the police. The report was challenged for several of its methods of determining objective results and for the selection of the areas tested. If the Kansas City Police Department had excellent leadership, intellectual planning capability, the support of the citizens, and advised officers; it would have been able to mount and nurture experiment in preventive patrol. (Police …show more content…

The findings never argue that patrol officers are necessary. Instead, the research found that response time and citizen attitudes did not vary among the three experimental districts. In fact, the findings stimulated more questions when it was learned that response time is a complex factor determined by distance, speed, geography, the attitude of the officer, and behavior of the citizen who called the police. Also, the research never examines why citizens delayed their call time. “The distinction between involvement and discovery crimes is an important factor in any consideration of police response time” (Cordner, 2016, p.391). The most important resource in any organization is people and more direction to patrol officers to structure unassigned time activities. (Famega, Frank & Mazerolle, 2005) (References) Cordner, G. W. (2016). Police Administration, 9th Edition. Waltham, MA: Routledge Publishing. P. 391. Retrieved July 21, 2017, from https://www.betheluniversityonline.net/cps/default.aspx?SectionID=5753&tabid=154#1 Deployment by analysis. (2000). TELEMASP Bulletin, 7(2), 1-7. Retrieved July 21, 2017, from

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