DANIA (FL) - POLICE DEPARTMENT - ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, COMPENSATION, AND GROWTH PROJECTION - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 37842
• Author(s): G S LLOYD
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 15 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-015-72
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Public Admin Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STUDY OF THE MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE DANIA (FL) POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF 12,000 ON DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS.

Abstract

AT THE TIME OF THE CONSULTANT'S VISIT IN JUNE 1973, THE DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF A CHIEF, 4 SERGEANTS, 23 POLICE OFFICERS, 3 DESK OFFICERS, 1 SECRETARY, AND 1 CLERK AS WELL AS 1 OFFICER ON SUSPENSION AND 1 ON EXTENDED SICK LEAVE. THE CONSULTANT FOUND THAT THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAD THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WAS UNDERSTAFFED, POORLY ORGANIZED AND MANAGED, REQUIRED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF TRAINING, WAS SUBJECT TO INTERFERENCE BY THE CITY MANAGER, HAD A HIGH TURNOVER RATE, AND PROJECTED A POOR IMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY. COURSES OF ACTION RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANT INCLUDE IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENT'S IMAGE, REDUCING PERSONNEL TURNOVER, IMPROVING TRAINING, RESTRUCTURING THE DEPARTMENT'S ORGANIZATION, FILLING MANPOWER NEEDS, REVAMPING RECORDS AND FIELD REPORTING PROCEDURES, ELIMINATING THE JAIL, AND INITIATING A COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OUTLINED BY THE CONSULTANT WAS CONSIDERED ABLE TO SERVE THE DEPARTMENT EVEN IN THE FACE OF DANIA'S GROWTH. CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT WHICH SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN THE POPULATION REACHES 22,000 ARE ALSO INCLUDED.