NCJ Number
41824
Date Published
1977
Length
82 pages
Annotation
THIS MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT STUDY, DATED MARCH 1977, WAS PERFORMED FOR THE BILOXI (MI) POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHOSE 120 PERSONNEL (76 SWORN) SERVE 48,486 PERSONS ON 14 SQUARE MILES.
Abstract
IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY AND UTILITY OF A PROPOSED, MORE SPACIOUS, POLICE FACILITY, THE CONSULTANT PERFORMED A STATE-OF-THE-ART MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS AS WELL AS PROJECTIONS OF MANPOWER NEEDS. DRASTIC MANAGEMENT REFORMS, INTERNAL REORGANIZATION, PAY SCALE REVISION, AND IMPROVED RECORD KEEPING WERE RECOMMENDED. THE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE TOP HEAVY WITH SUPERVISORS AND INSUFFICIENT FOR THE PRESENT AND PROJECTED POPULATION.... MSP