INTERJURISDICTIONAL COOPERATION AMONG POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA

• NCJ Number: 15468
• Author(s): J C MCDAVID
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 40 pages
• Grant Number(s): 5 R01 MH 19911-02
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Indiana University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER AND TYPE OF COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT COOPERATION TENDS TO BE INFORMAL AND UNWRITTEN.

Abstract

FORMAL CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES WITHIN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WAS FOUND NOT TO EXIST. DEPARTMENTS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONAL AND ADJACENT SETTINGS TENDED TO COOPERATE INFORMALLY IN A RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE OF SERVICES. IT WAS FOUND THAT MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS OFTEN REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS IF THEIR OWN PATROL UNITS WERE BUSY WHEN THE NEED AROSE. THE RECIPROCAL NATURE OF THESE EXCHANGES WAS CONSIDERED TO MAKE INFORMAL AGREEMENTS SELF-ENFORCING. POLICE ASSOCIATIONS ALSO PROVIDED MEMBERS WITH A MEANS FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION. FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE OF INFORMAL AGREEMENTS IS RECOMMENDED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN QUANTITIES AND VARIETIES OF COOPERATION ON THE ONE HAND, AND POLICE PERFORMANCE ON THE OTHER, HAVE NOT YET BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY EXAMINED. SAINT LOUIS CITY AND COUNTY