ADMINISTRATIVE SURVEY OF THE HOLYOKE POLICE DEPARTMENT

• NCJ Number: 8878
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 313 pages
• Corporate Author: Holyoke Police Dept
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REVIEW OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, INTERVIEWS OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND EXECUTION OF A JOB-TASK SURVEY, RESULTED IN AN INVENTORY OF PROBLEMS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS.

Abstract

AN UNHEALTHY ADMINISTRATIVE ENVIRONMENT WAS FOUND TO EXIST IN HOLYOKE INSOFAR AS POLICE MATTERS WERE CONCERNED. RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS INCLUDED - REVIEW OF ORDINANCES GOVERNING THE POLICE, CLARIFYING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE, ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLICE MERIT SYSTEM INSTEAD OF CONTINUING POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM, AND APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CHIEF POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FROM OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)