U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice.

NCJRS Virtual Library

The Virtual Library houses over 235,000 criminal justice resources, including all known OJP works.
Click here to search the NCJRS Virtual Library

Managing for Results

NCJ Number
174777
Date Published
1996
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This paper describes proactive strategies for building a police organization that can dramatically reduce crime, disorder and fear.
Abstract
Four principles guide the New York City Police Department's patrol and investigative work: timely, accurate intelligence; rapid deployment; effective tactics; and relentless follow-up and assessment. In their intensive assault on crime, the New York Police Department has employed seven major strategies: (1) Getting Guns Off the Streets (because guns and drugs are parallel problems, specialized drug units have been replaced by Strategic Narcotics and Gun teams who go after both); (2) Curbing Youth Violence in the Schools and on the Streets; (3) Driving Drug Dealers Out of New York City (enforcing zero tolerance for drug dealing and bringing uniformed officers back into the war against drugs); (4) Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence; (5) Reclaiming the Public Spaces of New York City (dealing with street disorders); (6) Reducing Auto-Related Crime in New York; and (7) Rooting Out Police Corruption (Internal Affairs Bureau is working with precinct commanders instead of keeping them uninformed).