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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"police departments"”.
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Consolidated Fire and Police Departments: Factors Related to Success and Failure
No abstract prepared.
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Gender and policing : an analysis of police departments as gendered organizations
1 PDF file (vii, 119 leaves ; 28 cm)
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Factors Affecting Resistance to Change: A Case Study of Two North Texas Police Departments
… the effect of higher education and trust on the police officer's level of resistance to change and the effects of participation and communication on trust. 286 police officers from two north Texas towns responded to the survey. Regression analysis and bivariate correlations were used to determine …
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Homicide Clearance Determinants: An Analysis of Police Departments of the 100 Largest U.S. Cities
… and the public to evaluate the ability of police agencies. The declining trend of homicide clearance rates implies the inability of police to protect society. The purpose of this study is to determine what police agencies can do to improve homicide clearance rates. The sample contains …
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A comparative study of three municipal police departments' staff inspection program and a proposed model program
… of Agriculture and Applied Science. School of Police Administration & Public Safety, 1962
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Comparing Students' Perspectives on a Rural University's Special District Police Department and Student's Traditional Hometown Police Departments
<p>Understanding the public perceptions of police is not a new topic, but it is one that has not focused on that of university students. This current study aims to fill the gap in knowledge by comparing student’s perceptions of two different police departments; traditional hometown police …
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The role of police in enabling crime victims to access criminal injuries compensation: A survey of four police departments.
This study examines the role that individual police officers play in making victims aware of criminal injuries compensation. Specifically, this study examines the behaviour, knowledge, and attitude of police officers in four police departments--two with a victim assistance unit and two without. The …
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The Impact of De-escalation and Mental Illness Trainings on Civilian Complaints, Deaths, and Injuries Across United States' Police Departments in 2005
… to examine the potential impacts that mandatory police trainings, such as de-escalation tactics and use of force trainings, have on the number of suspects who are injured, shot and killed, and citizen complaints of unnecessary force used by police officers. An examination on training programs …
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An Examination of Clery Crime Statistics at Four Year Public Institutions of Higher Education Served by or Without Dedicated University Police Departments
… to examine the impact of dedicated university police departments relative to reporting Clery statistics, fundamental information that prospective students and their parents can use in selecting an institution of higher education. The prospect of gaining knowledge and bettering one’s life occurs …
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Maternity Leave Policy in U.S. Police Departments and School Districts: The impact of descriptive and social group representation in a context of gendered institutions
… comparison of public school district and police department maternity leave policies, it was found that the presence of the women's movement in a community significantly impacts the dependent variable, policy comprehensiveness. The effects of political and bureaucratic representation, …
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Professionalism in Policing: Do Increased Education Requirements Improve Police Performance and Procedural Justice?
With the increased attention to police brutality against people of color in recent years, the credibility of police departments is being called into question. Prior research suggests that a police force can improve their trustworthiness in the eyes of the public through prioritizing procedural and …
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"I Can Haz Applicants": An Analysis of Police Recruitment and Marketing Through Social Media
… outlets and their effects on future employees, police departments must consider their agency “brand” and how effectively they market their departments to this generation for the purpose of recruitment both on the Internet and with social media platforms.</p> <p>This research analysis employed a …
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A Study in Police Preparedness to Respond to Active Shooter Situations to Provide a Safer Learning Environment in the Schools of Bergen County, New Jersey
… training and future preparations of all sworn police officers in Bergen County, New Jersey in response to active-shooter situations in the schools of their jurisdictions. Because attendance in schools is mandatory for children to the age of 16 in New Jersey it becomes imperative that the police …
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Overcoming communications barriers in local government: Establishing networks through the public management forum
… between civilian government agencies and police departments -- Community-policing.
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Overcoming communications barriers in local government: Establishing networks through the public management forum
… between civilian government agencies and police departments -- Community-policing.
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