NCJ Number
385
Date Published
1970
Length
84 pages
Annotation
COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS AND THE PROCEDURES EMPLOYED TO MANAGE POLICE MISCONDUCT ARE ONE PART OF A STUDY OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
OTHER PARTS ARE EXAMINING THE SELECTION, ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION AND REWARD PROCEDURES, AND TO DEVELOP A BASIS FOR IMPROVING POLICE PERSONNEL POLICIES. DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON EACH OFFICER WHO ENTERED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1957. THE DATA FILE CONSISTS OF MORE 150 DESCRIPTORS FOR EACH OF NEARLY 2,000 OFFICERS. SOME OF THE DATA RELATE TO THE OFFICERS' BACKGROUNDS AND INCLUDE POLICE CHARACTER INVESTIGATIONS, APPRAISALS OF THEIR HOME SITUATION, CRIMINAL RECORD, UNEMPLOYMENT HISTORY, EDUCATION AND I.Q. OTHER DATA REFLECT THE OFFICERS' 11-YEAR HISTORY OF PERFORMANCE IN THE DEPARTMENT. THEY INCLUDE AWARDS, ASSIGNMENTS, PROMOTIONS, CRIMINAL CHARGES, CIVILIAN COMPLAINTS, ABSENTEE RECORDS AND MEDICAL HISTORY. THE ANONYMITY OF EACH OFFICER IN THE COHORT IS PRESERVED BY USING A CODE NUMBER INSTEAD OF HIS NAME ON THE DATA FILE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)