Civil service systems : their impact on police administration

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Label

Civil service systems : their impact on police administration

Title remainder

their impact on police administration

Statement of responsibility

by George W. Greisinger, Jeffrey S. Slovak, Joseph J. Molkup

Creator

• Greisinger, George W

Contributor

• National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
• Molkup, Joseph J.
• Slovak, Jeffrey S.

Author

• Slovak, Jeffrey S.
• Molkup, Joseph J.
• Greisinger, George W

Issuing body

• National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

Subject

• Police administration
• Police administration -- United States
• Politie
• Steden
• Binnenlands bestuur
• United States
• Civil service
• Civil service -- United States
• Personeelsmanagement

Language

eng

Summary

Positive and negative effects of civil service regulations on urban police systems is the focus of this research project conducted over approximately a 2-year period beginning in November 1976. Data from the study were collected from 42 randomly selected American cities, ranging in size from 50,000 to 750,000 persons. In each study site, current civil service laws and police union contracts were collected, interviews were conducted with the most knowledgeable municipal officials and organization representatives, and police departments provided information on programs and policies in a police departmental questionnaire. Supplemental data were provided by the Police Foundation, the National Planning Association, and the FBI. The absence of an overall civil service system which governs police personnel affairs in America is noted. Civil service commissions differ from city to city in the roles they play in police personnel administration and, as a result, in the impacts they have on local officials, on police departmental programs and practices, and on the general quality of local law enforcement. While some commissions pose significant constraints on the abilities of local officials to promote innovative police programs, others work to promote departmental innovation and more efficient criminal apprehension procedures. The study examines a number of issues, among them the statutory supports for local civil service commissions and the impact of community politics and police unionism on local police personnel administration. Proposals for civil service reforms in the urban police context should be tailored to local circumstances and to meaningful variations in civil service roles. Numerous charts, footnotes, a bibliography, and diagrams illustrate the text. Appendixes include content analysis checklists for police bargaining contracts and personnel systems, a police questionnaire, an interview schedule, and a letter to urban executives

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Dewey number

352.2/0973

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

HV7935

LC item number

.G73 1979

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography