FRONT ROYAL (VA) AND WARREN COUNTY (VA) - CONSOLIDATION OF POLICE RECORDS AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 41919
• Author(s): D L NORRGARD
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 25 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-002-76
• Corporate Author: Public Admin Service
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CONSOLIDATION FEASIBILITY STUDY, DATED MAY 18, 1977, WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR THE FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHOSE TOTAL POLICE STRENGTH OF 52 PERSONNEL SERVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF 25,000 PERSONS.

Abstract

ASSISTANCE WAS SOUGHT BY THE AREA'S PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN INTEGRATED POLICE RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONSULTANT WAS TO ESTABLISH A SINGLE JOINT RECORDS/COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT FOR MAKING THE JOINT CENTER MORE EFFECTIVE IN ITS INTENDED PURPOSE; I.E., TO RECEIVE AND SEND MESSAGES ON A TIMELY BASIS, TO PROCESS INFORMATION SYSTEMATICALLY, AND TO RETAIN RECORDS IN A LOGICAL MANNER. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)