COON RAPIDS (MN) - POLICE DEPARTMENT - REVIEW OF PLANT FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT USE, AND MANPOWER EFFICIENCY POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 39142
• Author(s): J M BLOEDOORN; E T MATTSON; T T DOHERTY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 26 pages
• Corporate Author: Minnesota Governor's Cmssn on Crime Prevention and Control
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STUDIED CONSISTS OF 40 SWORN POLICE OFFICERS WHO SERVE 36,000 PERSONS LIVING IN AN AREA OF 26 SQUARE MILES.

Abstract

THE REPORT, DATED OCTOBER 20, 1976, CONSISTS OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF A GROUP OF INTERVIEWERS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF MANPOWER. SOME OF THE CHANGES SUGGESTED INCLUDE MODIFYING SHIFT HOURS TO PROVIDE BETTER WEEKEND COVERAGE AND ADJUSTING VACATIONS AND TRAINING SESSIONS TO COINCIDE WITH THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN FEWER CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE RECEIVED....KAP