NCJ Number
127841
Date Published
1989
Length
32 pages
Annotation
These guidelines are intended to help communities to analyze their needs for an arson strike force and guidelines to establish such a force.
Abstract
This force is a team mobilized for a short period to investigate major arson incidents; it does not set policy. The main benefits of an arson strike force are greater productivity using existing resources, better interagency coordination and cooperation, and stronger prosecutions. The nine steps involved in establishing this unit are (1) identify problems, (2) confer with counterparts in other agencies, (3) seek the prosecutor's advice and support, (4) develop a justification, (5) design the organizational structure, (6) evaluate expense requirements, (7) obtain agency endorsements, (8) seek policymakers' authorization, and (9) complete the organizational arrangements. Figures, lists of organizations and references, and detailed guidelines on organizational development, management, and administration