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State and County Agencies

State and County Agencies. 26 Agencies Called Highway Patrol. 23 Agencies Called State Police. Municipal Agencies. Limited Purpose Agencies. DMV Compliance Officers ABC Compliance Officers Fish and Game Park Rangers. Organization. Usually Headed by a Chief Patrol DARE School Resource

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State and County Agencies

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  1. State and County Agencies

  2. 26 Agencies Called Highway Patrol 23 Agencies Called State Police

  3. Municipal Agencies

  4. Limited Purpose Agencies • DMV Compliance Officers • ABC Compliance Officers • Fish and Game • Park Rangers

  5. Organization • Usually Headed by a Chief • Patrol • DARE • School Resource • Detectives • Traffic • Support services • Communications • Records • Admin • Grants • Vice • Community Services • Professional Standards

  6. Organization • Time in rank System • Military Like Structure

  7. Police Organization • Police are organized in a militaristic hierarchical structure • Principles of chain of command and unity of command are operational • Personnel decisions often based on time-in-rank considerations

  8. Time in Rank System • Officer must Spend a Certain Time at a Given Rank • SGT cannot be a Lieutenant without spending time as a SGT

  9. Time in Rank System • Designed to Promote Fairness and limit Favoritism

  10. Police Beat • Geographic Area • Usually covered by a Shift 24 Hours

  11. Beats • Deter crime by being visible • Maintain public order (peacekeeping) • Respond quickly to emergencies • Arrest criminals • Aid citizens in distress • Facilitate movement of people and traffic • Create a sense of safety and security

  12. Patrol Function • Order maintenance, or peacekeeping, accounts for the bulk of patrol activities. These functions fall on the border between criminal and non-criminal behavior. In many situations, this means the patrol officer uses his or her discretion to “handle situations” or to be problem solvers.

  13. Selective Enforcement • Concentrate on some crimes • Concentrate in Some Areas

  14. Is Patrol effective? Kansas City Study • Normal • Proactive • Reactive

  15. Schematic of the 15 Beats

  16. Kansas City study Routine Preventative Patrol is no more or less effective than Proactive Patrol

  17. Kansas City Study • 60 % of a Patrol Officers Time in Uncommitted

  18. Maximizing Resources Making Patrol Strategies Work • Patrol Workload Studies • Delayed Response Studies • Differential Police Responses

  19. Delayed Police Response

  20. A Rapid Police Response • Deterrent to Criminal Activity • Remember the Cohorts? • A Quicker response Should reduce the Apprehension rate, a Deterrence • A Rapid Response Rate Increases Confidence in the Department

  21. Differential Police Response Send the Patrol Car, or citizen? Uh, how about a telephone call? Can we hold the call for a while? Just a minute, how ‘bout we send a deputy? Can you come to the station?

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