PHILADELPHIA - POLICE DEPARTMENT - WEST PHILADELPHIA STRIKE FORCE - ACT 1 - NORTH, CENTRAL-NORTHWEST STRIKE FORCE - ACT 2 - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 15517
• Author(s): J COOPER; C GABRIEL; F GORDON; C MACDOWELL; C MAKARUSHKA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 149 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-DF-03-0029; 72-DF-03-0038
• Contract Number(s): PSM-74C-2-S-101
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Pennsylvania Governor's Justice Cmssn; Philadelphia Mayor's Criminal Justice Improvement Team
• Corporate Author: Police and Security Management Consultants
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROJECT TO REDUCE STRANGER-TO-STRANGER BURGLARY AND ROBBERY IN TWO HIGH-CRIME AREAS OF THE CITY BY UTILIZING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE TACTICAL AND LOGISTICAL DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL POLICE STRIKE FORCES.

Abstract

THE EVALUATION EXAMINED INTERNAL FACTORS OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM. THESE INCLUDED RECORDS CONTROL AND PROCEDURES, THE OVERALL RECORDS SYSTEM, AND STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT IN REDUCING PRIORITY CRIMES. EVALUATED WAS THE CONSISTENCY IN REPORTING AND PROCESSING OFFENSES AND THE RELIABILITY OF INTERNAL PROCESSING AND PREPARATION OF THE DATA. ALSO EXAMINED WERE THE RELIABILITY OF THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND DATA AUTOMATION SYSTEMS. STATISTICAL CHARTS ARE PROVIDED SHOWING THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF OFFENSE RATES, CLEARANCE RATES, UTILIZATION AND TESTING OF NEW PATROL TECHNIQUES, POLICE AWARDS AND MORALE, AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS REGARDING POLICEMEN IN THE UNITS. THE APPENDIX INCLUDES SYSTEM FLOWCHARTS AND DATA PROCESSING FORMS.