Community Oriented Police in the Us

U. S. Department of Justice

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

COPS Evaluation Brief No. 3

CREATING A CULTURE OF INTEGRITY

I TUTE O N RACE AND J CE

NSTI

USTI

Suggested citation:

Institute on Race and Justice, Northeastern University. Creating a Culture of Integrity. COPS

Evaluation Brief No. 3. Washington, D.C.: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services,

U.S. Department of Justice, 2008.

COPS Evaluation Brief No. 3

CREATING A CULTURE OF INTEGRITY

Jack McDevitt

Amy Farrell

Russell Wolff

Institute on Race and Justice

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

August 2008

This project was supported by Grant Number 2003-HS-WX-K048 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions contained herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily

represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Justice. References to specific companies, products, or services

should not be considered an endorsement by the authors or the U.S. Department of Justice. Rather, the references are

illustrations to supplement discussion of the issues.

Acknowledgments

We thank the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office), including Albert

Antony Pearsall III and former Deputy Directors Pam Cammarata and Ellen Scrivner for their perspective

on the history of the “Creating a Culture of Integrity” project, thoughtful feedback on our analytic

model, and guidance throughout the project. We also worked closely with our partners at the Lowell

(Massachusetts) Police Department. Special thanks to Cindy Callahan, Sharon Hanson, and Jennifer

Ball, and former Chief Edward Davis for their leadership and perspective throughout this project.

We also express our appreciation for the support of Dean Chester Britt and Jack Greene, former Dean

of Northeastern’s College of Criminal Justice. In addition, we thank members of the Northeastern

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