SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BEVERLY HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT - V 3 - PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 10798
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 150 pages
• Grant Number(s): 0432 (CCCJ)
• Sponsoring Agency: California Council on Criminal Justice
• Corporate Author: Evans Associates
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

APPLICABILITY OF THE PRECEPTS OF SYSTEMIC THINKING TO OPERATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING SMALL-TOMEDIUM SIZE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

Abstract

THE BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A ONE-YEAR PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS/OPERATIONS RESEARCH TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SMALL-TO-MEDIUM SIZE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN-HOUSE CAPABILITY TO APPLY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS/OPERATIONS RESEARCH AS A MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING TOOL, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL APPROACH WHICH OTHER CITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE CAN USE. THE REACTIONS OF THE EVALUATION CONSULTANTS TO THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TRAINING PROGRAM ARE PRESENTED IN VOLUME THREE WITH THE PROJECT ASSESSMENTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAINING CONSULTANTS. (SEE ALSO VOLUME ONE - NCJ-10796 - AND VOLUME TWO -NCJ-10797). (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)