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Police Department Investments in Information Technology Systems Challenges Assessing Their Payoff

As local governments face declining revenues, budget tightening has presented police departments with challenging questions about how to deliver public safety more efficiently. In many jurisdictions, chiefs have adopted new technologies to reduce manpower costs. To examine the cost-effectiveness of...

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Main Author: Jackson, Brian A. (auth)
Other Authors: Greenfield, Victoria A. (auth), Morral, Andrew R. (auth), Hollywood, John S. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2014
Subjects:
Information technology: general issues
Government powers
Police & security services
Political Science
Technology
Law
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Summary:As local governments face declining revenues, budget tightening has presented police departments with challenging questions about how to deliver public safety more efficiently. In many jurisdictions, chiefs have adopted new technologies to reduce manpower costs. To examine the cost-effectiveness of doing so, the authors developed a model describing how information technology and policing activities work together to produce key policing outcomes.
ISBN:j.ctt14bs4bb
9780833089878
Access:Open Access

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