NCJ Number
139119
Date Published
Unknown
Length
21 pages
Annotation
The Hungarian Public Administration Institute sponsored a seminar in April 1991, attended by researchers from the United Nations Public Administration Development Department and the International Public Administration Institute, to examine issues of public administration modernization. Many of the principles discussed in that forum can be applied to police modernization as well.
Abstract
Modernization cannot be confined only to technological issues, but must also consider social transformation. An effective modernization program requires administrative support; an analytical approach to the systems of relationships between administrative, political, and social entities; a functional analysis of existing and future tasks; a systematic personnel policy; and a genuine grievance resolution process. Despite the rigidity of Hungarian police and their resistance to change, since the 1980's, the West European model of policing has been adopted in certain respects. Nonetheless, the Hungarian force has a lower personnel level, lower level of staff training, and less technical equipment than most other police forces in Europe.