When is a Police Department Considered to be Good?

Here's something to think about regarding police performance measures -

Is a police department good when they are doing their job by making lots of arrests and issuing lots of traffic citations, or is a police department good when they do not make lots of arrests?

Looked at another way, does making arrests and issuing citations make a police department good at promoting public safety?

If not, how do you tell if your police department is considered to be good?

Tell me what you think...

-Asst Chief Bill LePere

Comments

[Asst Chief Bill LePere]

M.H. Mathis makes a great point with his comment, which we appreciate. It's good to hear from him again. I will post in the next day or two a seven dimension model of how the public should judge their police agency. Look forward to comments on this upcoming post.