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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

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