NCJ Number
193
Date Published
1969
Length
230 pages
Annotation
ANALYSIS OF POLICE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS IN NINE POLITICAL JURISDICTIONS IS SYNTHESIZED INTO MANPOWER ALLOCATION MODELS.
Abstract
FIRST PHASE DEFINED POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES, GOALS AND MISSIONS BY GATHERING DATA IN THE NINE JURISDICTIONS, TO PROVIDE EMPIRICAL MODELS FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF MANPOWER TO VARIOUS POLITICAL JURISDICTIONS IRRESPECTIVE OF REGIONAL CONDITIONS. A PANEL OF POLICE PRACTITIONERS DEFINED THE AREAS OF POLICE RESPONSIBILITY, THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER NECESSARY TO SUPPLY TRAFFIC SERVICES. PREDICTION OF MANPOWER NEED WAS DETERMINED BY WEIGHING THE FACTORSTRAFFIC SERVICES, TRAFFIC VOLUME AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THE SECOND PHASE PROVIDES OPTIMAL MANPOWER ALLOCATION MODELS.