SUFFOLK COUNTY (NY) - CONSOLIDATION OF POLICE LABORATORY SERVICES - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 35361
• Author(s): J P KLOSTERMAN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-003-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Westinghouse Justice Institute
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CONSOLIDATION FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS MADE FOR THE SUFFOLK COUNTY (NY) POLICE, WHOSE 3,000 OFFICERS SERVE 1,300,000 PERSONS ON 1,000 SQUARE MILES, AND IS DATED JUNE, 1976.

Abstract

THE CONSOLIDATION UNDER DISCUSSION WAS TO COMBINE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S LABORATORY WITH THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT LABORATORY, BOTH OF WHICH SERVE THE WHOLE COUNTY. IN ARRIVING AT THE RECOMMENDATION TO MERGE THE TWO LABS, THE CONSULTANT STUDIED INTERNAL (BUDGET, PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, SPACE) AND EXTERNAL (RELATIONSHIPS WITH USER AGENCIES AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM) FACTORS.