CAN THE INFLUENCE OF POLICE ACTIVITY ON DRIVER BEHAVIOUR, TRAFFIC FLOW AND ACCIDENTS BE QUANTIFIED IN COST BENEFIT TERMS

• NCJ Number: 10374
• Journal: Police Research Bulletin Issue: 20 Dated: (AUTUMN 1972) Pages: 37-41
• Author(s): S E BAILEY
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Great Britain Police
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

EXPERIMENTS MEASURING THE EFFECT OF POLICE ACTIVITIES AND ENFORCEMENT SYMBOLS ON SPEED AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, REVIEW DATA FROM BOTH BRITISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT STATIC POLICE PRESENCE HAS A GREATER IMPACT ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR THAN A MOBILE PATROL. BY MAXIMIZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANPOWER, IT IS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE THE COST OF AN INCREASE IN POLICE ACTIVITY AND PROVIDE BENEFITS IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC FIELD. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)