WASHTENAW COUNTY (MI) - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - STUDY OF CENTRALIZED DISPATCH SYSTEM - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 38903
• Author(s): R J EVANS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 23 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-002-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Public Admin Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REGIONALIZED DISPATCHING IMPLEMENTATION STUDY WAS PERFORMED FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF WASHTENAW COUNTY (MI) (EXCEPTING ANN ARBOR AND YPSILANTI) AND IS DATED JANUARY, 1977.

Abstract

THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY IN 1980 IS EXPECTED TO REACH 280,000. VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS (911), ALL POLICE AGENCIES COMBINED INTO CENTRAL DISPATCH, COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH, OR ALL-EMERGENCY (FIRE, AMBULANCE, POLICE) DISPATCH, ARE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH. PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS, RADIO FREQUENCIES, AND COST PROJECTIONS ARE EXAMINED.