TERMS AND DEFINITIONS FOR POLICE PATROL CARS - LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 13385
• Author(s): R G MASSEY; W F DRUCKENBROD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 36 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARD PREPARED BY NATIONAL BUREAU STANDARDS

Annotation

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS RELATED TO FOUR-WHEELED, ON-ROAD VEHICLES ORIENTED SPECIFICALLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT USE.

Abstract

THIS GLOSSARY IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE SELECTION AND PROCUREMENT OF POLICE VEHICLES BY IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE USERS AND THE PRODUCERS OF THE VEHICLES. THE DOCUMENT WILL BE UPDATED, FROM TIME TO TIME, TO INCLUDE NEW TERMS AND TO REFLECT CHANGES IN DEFINITIONS. THE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF USEFULNESS TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION, PROCUREMENT, AND USE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES. FOR THIS REASON, NOT ALL AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE TERMINOLOGY IS INCLUDED. THE GUIDELINES USED FOR SELECTING TERMS AND DEVELOPING DEFINITIONS WERE - 1) THE PRIMARY CRITERION FOR EACH DEFINITION IS THAT IT BE CLEAR AND USEFUL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE INTENDED PERFORMANCE OR USE, 2) SELECTION OF TERMS IS CONFINED TO THOSE RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION, USE, AND DISPOSITION OF PATROL CARS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 3) DEFINITIONS ARE GIVEN FOR VEHICLE COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT WHICH AFFECT FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, 4) WHEREVER APPROPRIATE, DEFINITIONS PROVIDED BY GENERALLY RECOGNIZED SOURCES ARE USED. THIS DOCUMENT IS ONE PRODUCT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) (SNI ABSTRACT)