Respondents (63 percent) felt that there was political control over the police and most did not recognize a legal or moral responsibility to inform or assist the police in their crime control efforts. Additional charges were police officer rudeness to citizens, corruption, and harassment and brutality toward suspects. Among the factors giving rise to this unfavorable public image are the unpopularity inherent in the police job, the authoritarian police command structure, and the close linkage between the police and the political system. Police control of social disturbances, the misbehavior of individual officers, impacts of liberal and permissive education, and police callousness from constant exposure to vice and frustration are additional contributing factors. Better media relations, self-introspection and internal disciplinary measures, as well as improved recruitment, training, and research are needed to remedy the situation. Five references are given.