NCJ Number
130969
Date Published
1991
Length
105 pages
Annotation
This study examines the factors that will influence the development of policies that control the selection and management of law enforcement personnel in a society that may legalize the use of marijuana by the year 1996.
Abstract
The study includes a review of related literature, a survey of law enforcement executives, and an examination of significant trends and events that impact on the central issue. Alternative-futures scenarios provide a basis for planning alternatives. The data suggest that law enforcement agencies will not employ marijuana users even if the use of marijuana were to become legal. A strategic planning process is conducted through the use of situation analysis, organizational analysis, stakeholder assumption mapping, and the development of policy alternatives. The formulation of a comprehensive substance abuse policy includes a prohibition against employee marijuana use. A transition management structure is designed that includes commitment planning, the identification of key persons, and implementation strategies. A small, Northern California police department is used as a model. Survey data, trend and event evaluations, forecasts, figures and graphs, appendixes, and 12 references