Link Between the Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program and SHO/DI (Serious Habitual Offender/Drug Involved) (From Serious Habitual Offender/Drug Involved Program (SHO/DI), Volume 1: Informational Commentaries, Phase I, 1986, P 10.1-10.33, Robert O Heck et al -- See NCJ-108314)

• NCJ Number: 108324
• Author(s): R O Heck; W Pindur; D K Wells
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 33 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For microfiche, see NCJ-108314.

Annotation

The shift in Federal emphasis on organizational development in crime control programs is embodied in the integrated criminal apprehension program (ICAP) for police service delivery.

Abstract

Goals of ICAP include (1) development of a system of operations management, (2) improved resource allocation, (3) expansion of uniformed patrol capabilities, and (4) integration of police order maintenance functions with crime prevention, repression, and apprehension. It extends primary responsibility for preliminary investigation to patrol officers and uses an offense reporting system and a case review operation to target career criminals. The ICAP model of police management permits uniformed patrol officers to play a more significant role, helps identify community problem areas, and permits detectives to focus on cases that are more likely to be solved. Central to the ICAP model are the crime analysis unit and the support it provides to patrol development, special operations and tactical units, prosecutor-investigator teams, general investigation, planning and research, crime prevention, and budgeting and program planning. The ICAP model also provides a framework for departmental diagnostic assessment and the development of program objectives and serves as the basis of the serious habitual offender/drug involved program.