OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF POLICE FIELD FORCE COMMAND AND CONTROL IN SAN JOSE

• NCJ Number: 7964
• Author(s): R ADAMS; S KOLODNEY
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 68 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: San Jose Police Dept
• Corporate Author: Sylvania Sociosystems Laboratory
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THREE OPERATIONAL AREAS-RECEIPT OF COMPLAINT, SELECTION AND DISPATCHING OF FIELD UNIT, AND FIELD UNIT ACTIVITY.

Abstract

USING THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF THESE OPERATIONAL AREAS, SIX ALTERNATIVE DEPLOYMENTS OF THE EXISTING FIELD UNIT STRENGTH OF THE DEPARTMENT WERE DEVELOPED AND ARE PRESENTED. A METHOD FOR CHOOSING AMONG THE ALTERNATIVES TO OPTIMIZE THE DEPLOYMENT IS DELINEATED, AND CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO MANAGERIAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS THAT MIGHT LEAD TO THE RATIONAL CHOICE OF A DEPLOYMENT WHICH BEST MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE. THE DATA USED REPRESENTS THE TOTAL DISPATCH RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1968. TABLES, MAPS, AND CHARTS ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)