DELAWARE - AGENCY TO REDUCE CRIME - RURAL INVESTIGATIVE NEEDS ANALYSIS - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 38921
• Author(s): T W KOEPSELL
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 25 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LRAA-003-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Westinghouse Justice Institute
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DATED JANUARY 1977, THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STUDY EXAMINED THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR RURAL AREAS, WITH EMPHASIS ON EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR CASE SQUADS.

Abstract

THIS REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS MADE BY THE DELAWARE AGENCY TO REDUCE CRIME (DARC), AND WAS INITIATED AS A RESULT OF THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY SMALLER POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN RESPONDING ADEQUATELY TO CRIME INVESTIGATIONS DUE TO TIME AND MANPOWER LIMITATIONS. THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORT WAS FOCUSED ON SUSSEX COUNTY (DE). ITS SPECIFIC PURPOSE WAS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT TO SERVE THE SMALL LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS IN SUSSEX COUNTY. THE ANALYSIS WAS BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE CRIME DATA. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT A MAJOR CASE SQUAD APPROACH IN SUSSEX COUNTY WAS NOT NECESSARY OR FEASIBLE. INSTEAD, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATED CRIME PREVENTION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.