NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (TX) - AN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 41820
• Author(s): S G CHAPMAN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 29 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-002-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Public Admin Service
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ORGANIZATION STUDY, DATED MAY 16, 1977, WAS PREPARED FOR THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (TX) POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHOSE 34 PERSONNEL (25 SWORN) SERVE 24,000 PERSONS LIVING IN AN AREA OF 18.5 SQUARE MILES.

Abstract

THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED TO EVALUATE TWO PROBLEMS FACING THE FORCE: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE FORCE AND THE ADEQUACY OF THE PRESENT NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND NEEDS IN THE FUTURE. THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE: INTERNAL REORGANIZATION, THE REVISION OF CLASS DESCRIPTIONS FOR SERGEANT AND LIEUTENANT, THE COLLAPSING OF CLASSES FOR CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND THE UPGRADING OF THE TWO SERGEANT POSTS TO LIEUTENANT. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OUTLINED IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE REPORT....KAP