Law Enforcement Needs in Calvert County, Maryland to the Year 2000

• NCJ Number: 106736
• Author(s): R W Friedman; D F Norris; S G Shandy
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 97 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Maryland
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Project number C-122

Annotation

This study, conducted during the fall of 1986 and winter of 1987, analyzed population, crime, and police activities in Calvert County, Md., and interviewed various county and State officials and criminal justice employees to determine the county's law enforcement needs to the year 2000.

Abstract

The county's population will increase between 45 and 65 percent by the year 2000, and crime rates should increase accordingly, requiring an increase of between 15 and 25 officers to maintain current service levels. The County Board of Commissioners should decide whether to increase the number of sheriff's deputies or the number of resident State troopers serving the county. Neither alternative is inherently preferable. The county should take immediate action to ensure coordination between the State police communication center and the county's emergency communication center. A criminal justice coordinating council with membership from all criminal justice agencies serving the county should be established, and the deployment of officers should change in accordance with changes in population, crime patterns, and service calls. Both the State police and the Sheriff's Department should increase specialized services, and systematic law enforcement planning should be continued. 17 tables and appended data and a list of interviewees. (Author summary modified)