POLITICS AND POLICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (FROM CARNAHAN CONFERENCE ON CRIME COUNTERMEASURES, 1975 PROCEEDINGS BY JOHN S JACKSON - SEE NCJ-31252)

• NCJ Number: 31261
• Author(s): E ZANNES
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Kentucky; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THROUGH CASE STUDIES OF REFORMS IN THREE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INVOLVING A STATE, A COUNTY, AND A CITY, THE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATES THE PROBLEMS AND POLITICAL FACTORS WHICH MUST BE FACED BY THOSE INVOLVED IN SYSTEM CHANGES.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR NOTED THAT MAJOR SYSTEM CHANGES WERE OFTEN PLANNED BY PROFESSIONALS, WHO FAILED TO CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THE POLITICAL PROCESS, LOCAL POWER STRUCTURE, AND PROBLEMS OF THE LOCAL CITIZENRY. BASED ON THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS DEMONSTRATED IN THE CASE STUDIES, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PERSONS PLANNING OR IMPLEMENTING NEW COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE WAYS GROUPS FUNCTION AND THE LOCAL POWER STRUCTURE OF THE AREA IN WHICH THEY ARE WORKING.