LEAA (LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION) POLICE EQUIPMENT SURVEY OF 1972, V 1 THE NEED FOR STANDARDS PRIORITIES FOR POLICE EQUIPMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 13985
• Author(s): R KU; E BUNTEN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 214 pages
• Contract Number(s): LEAA-J-IAA-009-72
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REPORT PREPARED BY NATIONAL BUREAU STANDARDS

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY OF THE LEAA POLICE EQUIPMENT SURVEY OF 1972, AND SUMMARY OF A PORTION OF THE SURVEY DATA.

Abstract

EACH OF THE SAMPLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO RANK ONE LIST OF EQUIPMENT CATEGORIES AND NINE LISTS OF EQUIPMENT ITEMS WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES IN TERMS OF THE NEED FOR STANDARDS WITHIN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS. THE CATEGORIES OF EQUIPMENT CONSIDERED INCLUDED - BUILDING SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATIONS, DETECTION SYSTEMS, EMERGENCY WARNING EQUIPMENT, LETHAL WEAPONS, NON-LETHAL WEAPONS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING, SECURITY EQUIPMENT, AND POLICE VEHICLES. THE FIRST HALF OF THE REPORT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SURVEY WHILE THE LAST HALF DISCUSSES THE RESULTS OF THE RANKINGS. THE DATA ARE PRESENTED BY ALL RESPONDING DEPARTMENTS, BY ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, BY SEVEN DEPARTMENT TYPES, AND BY TEN LEAA GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS. DATA DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDING DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO PRESENTED. COMMUNICATIONS AND VEHICLES PROVED TO BE OF HIGH IMPORTANCE FOR STANDARDS BY ALL CLASSES OF DEPARTMENTS, WHEREAS BUILDING SYSTEMS TENDED TO RECEIVE LOW PRIORITY RANKS FROM MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS. RESULTS REGARDING RESPONSES TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WITHIN THE MAJOR EQUIPMENT CATEGORIES ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. NUMEROUS CHARTS, TABLES, AND GRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE DISCUSSION. (SNI ABSTRACT) FOR OTHER VOLUMES, SEE NCJ-15152, 15247, 15211, 15210, 15154 AND 35359.