ANALYSIS OF THE TEAM POLICING CONCEPTS UTILIZED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

• NCJ Number: 16795
• Author(s): G T NELSON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 165 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. DISSERTATION - CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

Annotation

THESIS EXAMINING THE TEAM POLICING CONCEPT AS IT HAS BEEN CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED BY 15 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND ENGLAND.

Abstract

EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE TEAM POLICING CONCEPT BY EACH AGENCY AND, IN SO DOING, A NUMBER OF MODELS OF TEAM POLICING ARE DEVELOPED. THE PREVALENT MODEL IS FOUND TO BE ONE WHICH IS GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED AND STRESSES COMMUNICATION, DECISION MAKING, AND UNIFICATION OF ALL SERVICES WITHIN A SINGLE UNIT. REGARDLESS OF THE MODEL USED, THE COMMON PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION WERE FOUND TO BE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS, COMMUNICATION, AND COORDINATION. BASED ON HIS PERSONAL VISIT TO EACH OF THE AGENCIES, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES WHICH RESULTED FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VARIOUS MODELS.