NCJ Number
86
Date Published
Unknown
Length
350 pages
Annotation
OUTLINES A WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM TO SPEED THE USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN FIVE PROBLEM AREAS IN THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
IN MARCH 1968, OLEA GRANT 236 WAS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF DETROIT FOR ACCELERATING THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN DETROIT, WAS CONTRACTED THROUGH THE CENTER FOR URBAN STUDIES. LARGELY THE RESEARCH EXPERTISE WAS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY STAFF. THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY FOCUSED UPON A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, IT BECAME APPARENT EARLY IN THE GRANT PERIOD THAT TIME WAS A FACTOR THAT PRECLUDED UNDERTAKING ALL THE TASKS INDICATED IN THE PRELIMINARY PROBLEM DEFINITION STAGE. PRIORITIES WERE DECIDED UPON BASED ON NEED AND INTEREST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO INSURE OPTIMUM ACHIEVEMENT AT THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD. AS A RESULT, FIVE PROBLEM AREAS WERE DEFINED AS THE GOALS FOR THE GRANT PROJECT, (1) RESOURCE ALLOCATION (2) REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION (3) POLICE PATROL VEHICLE (4) OPERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF VEHICULAR TELEPRINTERS (5) PERSONAL PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS