ost totally reactive. The introduction of computers only enc!
             ouraged that false idea of "quick" reactive response and a statistical view toward measuring success in policing (rather than analyzing the local needs of the community.)
             By the late 70's the communities had become a diverse pool of nationalities, subcultures, and attitudes. People identified themselves as parts of separate groups and at times the police was not part of what they called "us During this time, a burst of new ideas and changes in the sociopolitical and economic structure began to occur that would eventually, bring about a new kind of police officer. In this changing environment, all social institutions were scrutinized. The police, slow and overburdened, were losing ground rapidly. Police leaders felt the need to reflect on these problems and their overall relationship (their image) with the public. In their attempts to understand what was going wrong, many studies and experiments were sponsored. One of them, the "Kansas Study" proved that, no matter how many police officers are devoted to random patrolling, there is no effect on the actual crime rate (Bureau of justice asst. pg. 13-65). The government had recognized the p!
             roblems of crime fighting and the problems of police - community relations, as far back as 1967.
             The Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice report: The Challenge of crime in a free society, called "for the creation of a new kind of police officer." Almost thirty years later that idea of a "new kind of police officer" has provided a whole new model for policing. It is an evolutionary and not revolutionary philosophy that attempts to refocus the
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