AIDS TO DECISIONMAKING IN POLICE PATROL - SURVEY RESPONSE - A REPORT PREPARED FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• NCJ Number: 936
• Author(s): J S KAKALIK; S WILDHORN
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 105 pages
• Grant Number(s): H 1056 (HUD)
• Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY RESULTS FROM SIX MAJOR POLICE JURISDICTIONS ON POLICE PATROL RESOURCES.

Abstract

DETAILED RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF POLICE PATROL IN SIX MAJOR POLICE JURISDICTIONS, THE LOS ANGELES CITY POLICE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PHOENIX POLICE, ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE, AND TWO MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHO REQUESTED THAT THEY NOT BE IDENTIFIED. OUTLINED IS INFORMATION ON COSTS, MANPOWER USE AND DEPLOYMENT, PATROL TACTICS AND OPERATIONS, DEPLOYMENT METHODOLOGY, THE DEMAND FOR PATROL SERVICES, DATA AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND THE POLICE VIEW OF IMPORTANT PROBLEMS. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED WAS BY BOTH QUESTIONNAIRE AND PERSONAL VISITS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)