PROGRAM PLANNING BUDGET SYSTEM - AN IMPETUS FOR CHANGE IN A POLICE ORGANIZATION (FROM POLICE ADMINISTRATION SELECTED READINGS, 1975, BY W J BOPP - SEE NCJ-25773)

• NCJ Number: 25783
• Author(s): M E O'NEILL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

ADVANTAGES IN USING A PROGRAM PLANNING BUDGETING SYSTEM RATHER THAN THE ITEM-LINE BUDGETING METHOD.

Abstract

A PROGRAM PLANNING BUDGETING SYSTEM WILL COMPARE AND EVALUATE THE VARIOUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACTIVITIES IN DETERMING HOW THEY ARE MEETING THEIR OBJECTIVES. PROGRAM BUDGETING INCORPORATES A FINANCIAL PROJECTION OVER AN ADEQUATE TIME PERIOD (3 TO 5 YEARS), RESULTING IN DATA FOR RATIONAL DECISION MAKING. SCRUTINIZATION OF VARIOUS OBJECTIVES, PROGRAMS, AND BUDGETARY ALLOTMENTS WILL CONTINUALLY BE EVALUATED DUR TO THE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS NECESSARY WITH A PROGRAM BUDGETING SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)