City of Ithaca
Chief of Police Search Process
Preventive/Alternative Approaches*
- emphasis will be on restorative justice, victim-offender reconciliation, diversionary programs and target prevention programs in the community (10)
- understands that crime is often a symptom and that simplistic and/or repressive approaches leave the real problems untouched (31)
- will not seek laws expanding police power (36)
- versed in preventative application of policing and has resources for alternative incarcerations (prevention of recidivism and true rehabilitation) (72)
* The number after each statement is the statement identification number and can be used to identify the location of the statement on the characteristics point map or the characteristics point-cluster map.