FORT VALLEY (GA) - MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 35012
• Author(s): L R WALTON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 20 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-003-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Westinghouse Justice Institute
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT, DATED JUNE 1976, PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUDY OF THE FORT VALLEY (GA) POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS A SWORN POLICE STRENGTH OF 16 OFFICERS SERVING A CITY POPULATION OF 10,000.

Abstract

FORT VALLEY, THE COUNTY SEAT OF PEACH COUNTY, IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES SOUTH OF MACON. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED BY THE FORT VALLEY CHIEF OF POLICE TO PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS AS A BASIS FOR ORDERLY PROGRESS. THIS ANALYSIS WAS DIRECTED AT THOSE AREAS OF DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS WHICH EXHIBITED THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT IN EFFICIENCY. ANALYSES CONDUCTED DURING THIS STUDY, TOGETHER WITH RESULTANT CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WERE BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF OPERATING PROCEDURES, A REVIEW OF WORK DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS, EXAMINATION OF STATISTICAL DATA AND REPORTS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. AMONG THE AREAS EXAMINED WERE PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATION, MANPOWER USAGE, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES. ACTUAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO EACH OF THESE AREAS ARE DESCRIBED, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND/OR REFORM OF EACH OF THESE AREAS ARE PRESENTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)