POLICE BUILDING DESIGN (FROM POLICE ADMINISTRATION SELECTED READINGS, 1975, BY W J BOPP- SEE NCJ-25773)

• NCJ Number: 25792
• Author(s): D A VARRELMAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL DESIGN FOR POLICE FACILITIES AS DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE (IACP) FIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION.

Abstract

THE POLICE BUILDING SHOULD FACILITATE THE NEEDS OF THE AGENCY PERSONNEL, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND PRISONERS. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE DESIGN FEATURES WHICH SHOULD BE FRIENDLY AND BUSINESSLIKE IN ATMOSPHERE. COMMENTS ARE THEN MADE ON FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT WHICH SHOULD CORRESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE THREE GROUPS WHO WILL BE USING IT.