ABSTRACT
A second important element of all community policing programs is an expectation for close working relationships between law enforcement oƒcers and citizens. Citizens who are less satis‹ed with police are less likely to be cooperative with police oƒcers and less willing to share information critical to making police work more eƒcient (Greene & Decker, 1989). us, a critical aspect of community policing is that police departments that have CP programs must place a greater emphasis on, and encouragement of, citizen participation in order to enhance public safety (Skogan, 2004). In this chapter we will brie¢y examine community-oriented policing e€orts in South Korea. More importantly, in this exploratory study, we examine the extent to which the views of line oƒcers and supervisors are similar or di€erent regarding three aspects of community policing: views regarding the extent to which patrol oƒcers should be concerned about community concerns that
directly a€ect order maintenance, perceived citizen support and community cooperation with police, and support for community policing in general.
