GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING AN INJURY AND DAMAGE REDUCTION PROGRAM IN MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS - A MANUAL OF RECOMMENDED METHODS FOR MANAGING AND OPERATING AN INJURY AND DAMAGE REDUCTION PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 9394
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 415 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-058
• Corporate Author: National Safety Council
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

METHODS, PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS FOR PLANNING, ORGANIZING, MANAGING AND OPERATING AN INJURY AND DAMAGE REDUCTION FUNCTION IN A MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Abstract

THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF THE RECOMMENDED METHODS AND PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN THIS MANUAL IS THE REDUCTION OF INJURY AND DAMAGE WITHIN MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THE FORMULATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ESTABLISHING AN INJURY AND DAMAGE REDUCTION (IDR) FUNCTION AS COUNTERMEASURES TO CONTROL INJURY AND DAMAGE PROBLEMS IS PRIMARILY GUIDED BY AND BASED ON THE BROAD STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND FINANCED BY A GRANT AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THE PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE EVENTS RESULT FROM A SERIES OF CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS THAT CAN BE ISOLATED THROUGH ANALYSIS. ONCE ISOLATED, THESE 'CAUSAL' CHAINS CAN BE INTERRUPTED AT APPROPRIATE POINTS BY CHANGES IN PROCEDURES, TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT. A RECOMMENDED IDR RECORDS SYSTEM IS PRESENTED AND DESCRIBED AS ARE COMPLETE PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING AND INSPECTION. THE NEED TO DEVELOP WELL PLANNED APPROACHES TO IDR IS EMPHASIZED AS WELL AS THE NECESSITY TO BUILD EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES INTO IDR PROGRAMS. ALTHOUGH THE MANUAL IS DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, MANY OF ITS RECOMMENDED METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE APPLICABLE TO STATE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)