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LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPATMENT'S AUTOMATED WORTHLESS DOCUMENT INDEX (FROM INTERNATIONAL SEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS, 3D PROCEEDINGS, 1976, BY J LAUCHER - SEE NCJ-40336)

NCJ Number
40346
Author(s)
C W ROGERS; C E ABE
Date Published
1976
Length
11 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES IMPROVED RECORD KEEPING AND FORGERY CASE ASSIGNMENT FUNCTIONS FOR THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
THE FORGERY INVESTIGATION WORK LOAD CAN, IN FACT, BE THE FORGERY INVESTIGATION WORK LOAD CAN, IN FACT, BE MEASURED AND THAT ACTUAL CASE CLEARANCES AND ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT CASES CAN BE CLOSELY APPROXIMATED. THIS CAN BE DONE DESPITE THE SURROUNDING FLUCTUATIONS IN THE OVERALL CRIME OCCURRENCE, MANPOWER RESOURCES, DEPLOYMENT AND ENFORCEMENT POLICY UNIVERSE. FURTHERMORE, COST PER CASE CLEARANCE CAN BE DETERMINED FOR BOTH OF THE COMPLEMENTARY SOURCES OF INVESTIGATIVE MANPOWER AND THE AWDI SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP