Summary
"The overall objective of the New Brunswick Policing Standards is to ensure uniform, high- quality and cost effective policing throughout the province. To verify that this objective has been met it is essential to conduct assessment and follow-up evaluations. Subsequently, the scope of this project was to undertake a study that would look at the evolution and effectiveness of community policing in New Brunswick since its official launch in 1997, up to and including 2007, and to make recommendations for moving forward in this regard. As such, this project scope focused on addressing three key issues: to determine if the adoption of the community-policing mandate introduced in December 1997 has been successful; to analyze the effectiveness of community policing today in New Brunswick; and to make recommendations on what needs to happen to facilitate the growth of community policing throughout the province. A comprehensive methodology for eliciting results to fully satisfy the three key issues identified above would ideally include an examination of responses from various sources, including all levels of police officers, civilian staff, key stakeholders, and citizens from around the province. Given the nature of this project, with time and financial constraints, however, the pool of respondents was specifically targeted at the police population. The project findings have produced a good foundation for future inquiries and research. Through the use of the survey questionnaire to officers across the province, data was collected, and the findings were analyzed and synthesized with academic research. The survey findings are specific only to the perspective of officers with respect to the evaluation and effectiveness of community policing in New Brunswick."--Page 8.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Project scope -- 2.1. The project plan -- 2.2. Methodology -- 3. Findings -- 3.1. Questions 1-24 program delivery -- 3.2. Questions 25-40 quantitative result tables & categories -- 3.3. Questions 41-47 qualitative written comment -- 3.4. Five themes -- 4. Discussions relevant to findings -- 4.1. Consideration of the Five Themes -- 4.2. Future Impact of Local Governance on Policing -- 4.3. Sharing of Contemporary Community Policing Initiatives -- 4.4. Halton Regional Police, lessons learned -- 4.5. RCMP Community Program Officers -- 4.6. Fredericton Police Force Neighborhood Action Team -- 5. Recommendations -- 6. References -- 7. Appendices.