Section V Getting the Job Done… Through Others

1. Section VGetting the Job Done…Through Others Chapter 13 Deploying Law Enforcement Resources and Improving Productivity

2. Deploying Personnel • Police logs • Shifts • Proportionate assignment

3. Response Time • Rapid yet safe. • Builds public confidence in law enforcement. • Officers arrive at scene before evidence is destroyed. • Officers provide emergency aid to crime victims. • Increases chances of locating witnesses and making arrests.

4. Differential Police Response Strategies Model • A set of characteristics to define an incident type • A time factor to identify the relationship between the time the incident occurred and the time the police received the call • A full range of response strategies, going from an immediate response by a sworn officer to no response, with numerous alternatives in between

5. Kinds of Patrol • Random preventative patrol • Puts officers closer to any potential incidents or requests for service before they happen • Based on experiential data, but without any pattern • Provides police presence and reduces response time • Directed aggressive patrol • Prevents and detects crime by focusing on problem areas and investigating suspicious activity • Officers build an intelligence base of their beat

6. Findings of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment • Increasing or decreasing routine preventive patrol had no effect on • Crime • Citizen fear of crime • Community attitudes toward the police • Police response time • Traffic accidents

7. Methods of Patrol • Automobile • Bicycle • Motorcycle • Foot patrol • Air • Mounted • Water • Special-terrain • Segway

8. Involving Citizens While Expanding the Law Enforcement Personnel Pool • Citizen police academies • Citizens on patrol • Reserves • Volunteers • Explorers • Civilianization

9. Deploying Resources to Fight Crime • Mapping crime • Hot spots: occur in certain geographic areas. • The crime triangle • Three elements: motivated offender, suitable victim and adequate location are required for a crime to occur.

10. Deploying Resources in Emergencies • Predisaster plans • Available assistance • Responding to an emergency • After the emergency • Cross-trained responders and an all-hazards approach

11. Strategic Goals of Homeland Security • Prevention of terrorist attacks • Protection from terrorist attacks • Response to and recovery from terrorist attacks

12. The USA PATRIOT Act • Allows investigators to use the tools already available to investigate organized crime and drug trafficking • Facilitates information sharing and cooperation among government agencies so they can better “connect the dots” • Updates the law to reflect new technologies and new threats • Increases the penalties for those who commit or support terrorist crimes

13. Local Police and Terrorism • The first line of defense against terrorism is the local patrol officer in the field. • Local police • Add the critical elements of speed, resources and numbers to any situation • Are able to deploy rapidly and can quickly summon more forces if needed

14. Phases of Homeland Security • Mitigation (lessening the threat) • Preparedness • Response • Recovery

15. Law Enforcement Productivity • Measured by the quality and quantity of services provided • Traditional measurement methods: • Arrests, stops, traffic citations, the value of recovered property and reduction of crashes and crime • Law enforcement officers do not have control over them. • Quotas vs. performance standards

16. Symptoms of Productivity Problems • High absenteeism and turnover • High levels of waste • High accident rates • Unreasonable complaints and grievances

17. Improving Productivity • Training and experience • Rewards and incentives • Improved equipment • Technology

18. Leadership, Discipline, Motivation and Morale Revisited • The quality of management is the single most important factor for high productivity and morale. • Leadership, discipline, motivation and morale are integrally related.