HALTOM CITY (TX) - POLICE DEPARTMENT - MANPOWER ALLOCATION STUDY, PART I - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 37628
• Author(s): J A WEBSTER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 18 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

THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RESULTED IN A MANPOWER STUDY OF THE HALTOM CITY (TX) POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH REVEALED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY TOP-HEAVY AND OVERLY SPECIALIZED.

Abstract

THE POPULATION OF HALTOM CITY IS 30,000; THE POLICE FORCE IS 36; AND THE REPORT IS DATED APRIL 9, 1973. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE TO CHANGE THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT, TO ELIMINATE THE DETECTIVE AND WARRANT DIVISIONS, AND GENERALLY TO ENCOURAGE THE ROLE OF POLICE GENERALIST. SEE ALSO NCJ-37629.