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Results for police budgets
6 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Title: Adapting to Austerity: A review of police force and authority preparedness for the 2011/12 – 14/15 CSR period Summary: It has never been more important for forces and authorities to make effective decisions on how to manage their resources and improve their efficiency. Therefore in Spring 2011 HMIC carried out an inspection into the preparedness of forces and authorities to cope with the financial challenges of the CSR period. This provided an external challenge to forces by testing their assumptions and approach, and aimed to share knowledge and provide assurance to police authorities in the lead-up to publication of their medium term financial plans. This review incorporates the overall findings from our preparedness inspection, and examines: the plans forces and authorities have made; what this means across England and Wales as a whole; how different forces compare; whether frontline numbers will reduce; the impact of this on crime and police visibility; and the need to transform the efficiency of support functions. Details: London: HMIC, 2011. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 3, 2011 at: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/publication/adapting-austerity-review-police/ Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/publication/adapting-austerity-review-police/ Shelf Number: 122296 Keywords: Costs of Criminal JusticePolice AdministrationPolice BudgetsPolicing (U.K.) |
Author: U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Title: The Impact of the Economic Downturn on American Police Agencies Summary: The economic downturn of the past several years has been devastating to local economies and, by extension, their local law enforcement agencies. According to a report by the National Institute of Justice, the United States is currently experiencing the 10th economic decline since World War II. The impact of this downturn will result in a change of how law enforcement services are delivered. As has been discussed by the COPS Office Director, Bernard Melekian, in a series of recent articles published in the Community Policing Dispatch, expectations will not be lowered just because an agency now has fewer officers, or because the budget is limited. Simply doing less while waiting for local budgets to recover to pre-2008 levels is not a viable option. Faced with a dramatic budget contraction, law enforcement leaders need to start identifying different ways to deliver police services and, perhaps more importantly, articulate what the new public safety models will look like to their communities. The effects of the economic downturn on law enforcement agencies may be felt for the next 5–10 years, or worse, permanently. The permanence of this change will be driven not just by the economy, but by the local government officials determining that allocating 30–50 percent of their general fund budgets for public safety costs is no longer a fiscal possibility. While some people see signs that the economy is beginning to recover on the national level, most economists agree that local jurisdictions are still in decline and will continue to be so, at least in the short term. County and municipal budgets tend to lag behind the general economy and continuing foreclosures are slowing the recovery of property tax revenues, which are the backbone of local agency funding. Faced with these budget realities, the current model for service delivery — which has been with us for the last 50 years — is already starting to change, and will be forced to continue to change dramatically and rapidly in the next 3–5 years. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2011. 52p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 1, 2011 at: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/e101113406_Economic%20Impact.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/e101113406_Economic%20Impact.pdf Shelf Number: 123204 Keywords: Community PolicingEconomics and CrimeExpendituresPolice AdministrationPolice Budgets |
Author: Volunteers in Police Service Title: Volunteers in Police Service Add Value While Budgets Decrease Summary: While the current economic crisis has led law enforcement agencies to have to cut staff and programs, the use of volunteers remains consistent or, in some cases, has increased. Many agencies have responded to the tough financial climate by training and placing volunteers in duties not previously performed by volunteers. To help agencies think creatively about potential volunteer roles, the latest VIPS publication, Volunteers in Police Service Program Add Value While Budgets Decrease, highlights innovative ways agencies around the country are engaging citizens and increasing their reach in the community. Details: Alexandria, VA: Volunteers in Police Service, 2011. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 18, 2012 at: http://www.policevolunteers.org/resources/pdf/volunteers_police_service_add_value_while_budgets_decrease.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.policevolunteers.org/resources/pdf/volunteers_police_service_add_value_while_budgets_decrease.pdf Shelf Number: 123656 Keywords: Police AgenciesPolice BudgetsPolice DepartmentsVolunteers |
Author: Police Executive Research Forum Title: Policing and the Economic Downturn: Striving for Efficiency Is the New Normal Summary: This report provides details about PERF’s 2012 survey of law enforcement agencies, which found that 41 percent of responding departments were planning budget cuts for their next fiscal year. This was an improvement over a PERF survey two years earlier, which found that 61 percent of those same agencies were planning budget cuts. The report also includes a number of case studies of law enforcement agencies that have developed innovative strategies for dealing with significant budget cuts, including the departments in Corpus Christi, TX; Camden, NJ; Lane County, OR; and Manchester, England. Details: Washington, DC: PERF, 2013. 48p. Source: Internet Resource: Critical Issues in Policing Series: Accessed February 16, 2013 at: http://policeforum.org/library/critical-issues-in-policing-series/Economic_Downturn.pdf Year: 2013 Country: International URL: http://policeforum.org/library/critical-issues-in-policing-series/Economic_Downturn.pdf Shelf Number: 127645 Keywords: Costs of Crime (U.S.)Costs of Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice ExpendituresEconomicsPolice AdministrationPolice AgenciesPolice Budgets |
Author: Schaenman, Philip Title: Opportunities for Police Cost Savings Without Sacrificing Service Quality: Reducing Fuel Consumption Summary: Police vehicles burn a great deal of fuel while patrolling continuously. Various approaches have been proven to significantly reduce the amount of fuel used and its cost. Hybrid vehicles typically get two-three times higher mileage per gallon than conventional vehicles and have proven viable for policing, in many cities, including New York. Computers in vehicles that reduce trips back to stations, fuel-saving driving techniques (such as reducing idling), good vehicle maintenance (such as maintaining proper tire pressures), use of on-line reporting and other strategies such as community policing that require fewer vehicle trips also can reduce fuel consumption. Details: Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2013. 33p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 4, 2013 at: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412803-Opportunities-for-Police-Cost-Savings-Without-Sacrificing-Service-Quality.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412803-Opportunities-for-Police-Cost-Savings-Without-Sacrificing-Service-Quality.pdf Shelf Number: 128661 Keywords: Cost SavingsEconomyPatrol CarsPolice BudgetsPolice Vehicles (U.S.) |
Author: Zajac, Gary Title: An Examination of Pennsylvania State Police Coverage of Municipalities Summary: This study explores issues surrounding the provision of police services by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) to municipalities in Pennsylvania that either have no police department at all, or that have only a part-time police department. In most states, there is a strong county sheriff system, where the sheriff's department has full police powers and serves as the police force for any municipalities within the county that do not have their own police departments. In those states, the state police primarily serve highway patrol and investigative support functions. However, Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states, mostly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, where county sheriffs are more limited in their police powers, and the responsibility for policing municipalities without a full-time police department falls primarily upon the state police. This study measured the level of PSP service provision to municipalities that had no or only a part-time police force sometime during the 2006-2010 period. Specifically, this study examined the numbers of municipalities receiving patrol services and their rural/urban breakdown; the levels of patrol service provided; as well as the specific types of incidents to which PSP responded to in these municipalities. The amount, type, and distribution of revenue the Commonwealth received from municipalities in return for patrol services were also explored. Details: University Park, PA: Justice Center for Research, Pennsylvania State University, 2012. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 16, 2014 Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://justicecenter.psu.edu/research/documents/PSPFinalReportJusticeCenterversion.pdf Shelf Number: 131775 Keywords: Police AgenciesPolice BudgetsPolice Services (Pennsylvania) |