EFFECTIVE POLICE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT - V 4, PATROL SPECIALIZATION VS. GENERALIZATION

• NCJ Number: 405
• Author(s): G D GOURLEY
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 170 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-017
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: California State College, Los Angeles
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEPARATE CHAPTERS COMPARE POLICE PATROL SPECIALIZATION WITH GENERALIZATION, AND DISCUSS THE CHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE PATROL FORCE, POLICE RESERVES, CADET PROGRAMS, AND POLICE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.

Abstract

POLICE GENERALIZATION AND POLICE SPECIALIZATION ARE DEFINED WITH THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH. A BALANCE IS INDICATED DEPENDING ON AREA, SIZE OF FORCE, AND WORK VOLUME. ELEMENTS AND OTHER CRITERIA OF THE WEIGHTING SYSTEM IN CHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PATROL FORCE ARE PRESENTED, WITH TYPES OF PATROL SYSTEMS. THE NEED FOR CONSTANT REEVALUATION, HISTORY, ORGANIZATION, AND USE OF POLICE RESERVES ARE ANALYZED. THE USE OF POLICE CADETS AS CLERKS AND OTHER NON-ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS IS DESCRIBED. THIS RELIEVES PATROLMEN FROM CLERICAL WORK, ELIMINATES CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THE CADET OBTAINS SOME BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE. THE EIGHT VOLUME SERIES CONSISTS OF NCJ-00092 01462, 00404, 00405, 00235, 00406, 00407, AND 01468