The study found that Federal funds intended to promote community-oriented policing (COP) were allocated by recipient agencies to those areas with higher rates of social disorder. Those areas with high concentrations of Latinos and White ethnic groups had high resource investments. Whether or not agencies received Federal COP funds and the amount of funding received apparently has not significantly influenced the implementation of COP. COP is apparently thriving in departments throughout the Nation regardless of the level of Federal funding received; however, in most law enforcement agencies, organizational and structural change oriented toward COP is occurring more slowly than the adoption of COP operational practices and training. This book first examines the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funding program, followed by an analysis of the types of programs funded under the 1994 Crime Bill. A theoretical framework is then presented for assessments of the number of community or proactive programs in place in each recipient agency. Degrees of organizational change are noted in a 3-year review of each agency's structure, the levels of economic inequality present in the jurisdictions that received COP funding, and the ethnic composition of these jurisdictions. Extensive tables and figures and 232 references