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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for police patrols, single person
1 results foundAuthor: Anderson, Jessica Title: First-Response Police Officers Working in Single Person Patrols: A Literature Review Summary: On 9 July 2009, South Australian Police Brevet Sergeant Jeff Allen was stabbed by a parolee on the Barrier Highway near Yunta, South Australia. Brevet Sergeant Allen was working alone at the time of the incident, sparking renewed debate regarding the risks of deploying single person patrols. As a result, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) was contracted by the Police Association of South Australia (PASA) to undertake a literature review on the issue of single person police patrols both in Australia and internationally. Instead of focusing solely on the relative advantages and disadvantages of single and two person patrols, four specific research questions were investigated: • What are the challenges faced by first-response police officers when performing their duties solo? Specifically, has the policing environment changed since solo policing was introduced? • What impact does working alone have on officers being able to successfully perform their duties? • How are decisions made to deploy single person patrols? • Are single person patrol strategies in line with community expectations? In this report, current evidence is reviewed in relation to single person patrols, including any decision-making processes used for developing policies and procedures. In addition, national and international research and policies on single person patrols and any associated risks are investigated. Information was collated from peer-reviewed journal articles, newspaper articles, coronial inquests, opinion pieces, court transcripts and personal correspondence. The AIC primarily relied on publicly available sources for information. As there was not a substantial amount of research available on the topic, police associations in Australia and overseas were invited to provide the AIC any information on the issue. In addition, members of the Australasian Libraries in the Emergency Services were also sent a request by the AIC’s JV Barry library to help the AIC locate information on the topic. The AIC also approached police commissioners in each Australian jurisdiction with a request for any information their organisation may have. The breadth of issues examined for the review meant that some areas were only generally addressed and on occasion, the information available on single person patrols did not provide enough information to answer the specific research questions. As such, many of these questions would benefit from being explored more comprehensively in future research projects. In general, most relevant Australian research is now around 20 years old and there is almost no contemporary comprehensive Australian research on the topic. Most of the literature examining single person patrols includes a comparison between one and two person patrols in relation to citizen complaints, arrests, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, findings are often mixed and it is difficult to draw firm conclusions regarding single person patrols in Australia in relation to the key research questions. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012. 72p. Source: Internet Resource: Technical and Background Paper 49: Accessed August 11: 2012: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/1/D/E/%7B1DE58970-BA18-4756-8CEF-E76720F4D21A%7Dtbp049.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/1/D/E/%7B1DE58970-BA18-4756-8CEF-E76720F4D21A%7Dtbp049.pdf Shelf Number: 125980 Keywords: Police Patrols, Single PersonPolice ResponsePolice, First Responders |