NCJ Number
39737
Date Published
1976
Length
76 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY DEALS WITH THE PROCESS THROUGH TAXONOMIES OF CRITERIA MAY BE DEVELOPED TO DESIGNATE EFFECTIVE WEAPONRY TO BE UTILIZED IN A VARIETY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFRONTATIONS.
Abstract
IT DELINEATES TWO TRADITIONAL TECHNICAL FORMULATION METHODOLOGIES (CLASSIC AND REACTIVE WEAPONRY PLANNING) AND CONCEPTUALIZES AN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGEM TERMED PROACTIVE WEAPONRY PLANNING (PWP) IN WHICH CRITERIA DEFINITION PREDATES WEAPONRY ANALYSIS. PWP IS CONTRASTED WITH A REACTIVE FORMAT WHICH ALLOWS FABRICATION OF CRITERIA TO 'FIT' EXISTING ARMAMENT. PROACTIVE WEAPONRY PLANNING IS A FIVE-PHASE OPEN SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE WHICH INITIALLY INCORPORATES A DELINEATED AGENCY ROLE MODEL BASED UPON EXTRA-AGENCY AND INTER-DEPARTMENTAL MULTIPLE ACCESS CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION. WEAPONRY CRITERIA ARE SEEN AS CONTINGENT UPON CONFRONTATIONAL NEEDS WHICH ARE IN TURN A FACTOR OF THE DERIVED AGENCY ROLE MODEL. THE INITIAL THREE PHASES - DELINEATION OF AGENCY ROLE MODEL, DELINEATION OF CONFRONTATIONAL NEEDS, AND DELINEATION OF WEAPONRY CRITERIA - IMPACT IN A LINEAR SYSTEMIC FLOW UPON SPECIFIED WEAPONS AND THEIR ANALYSIS (PHASES FOUR AND FIVE). THE INITIAL TRIAD WITHIN THE MODEL FORMS THE THRUST OF THIS ANALYSIS, SINCE IT IS WITHIN THIS SEGMENT OF THE PARADIGM THAT POLICY DECISIONS ARE FORMULATED. PARAMILITARISTIC UNIFORM PATROL IS EMPLOYED AS AN EXEMPLAR TO ILLUSTRATE THE PLANNING METHODOLOGY. THE STUDY CONCLUDES WITH A DISCUSSION OF INVESTIGATION PRIORITIES ESSENTIAL TO PRECISE DEFINITIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFRONTATIONAL NEEDS AND PROPOSES ADDITIONAL TYPOLOGIES FOR EXAMINATION IN LIGHT OF THE PROACTIVE METHODOLOGY. CIVILIAN UNIFORM PATROL, AGENT AND UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION, CIVIL DISTURBANCE CONTROL, EXECUTIVE PROTECTION, AND ANTI-SNIPER OPERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. A 13-PAGE REFERENCE LIST IS APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...ELW