The Effectiveness of External Assessments in Facilitating Organizational Change in Law Enforcement

Andrew L. Giacomazzi, David C. Brody

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Police departments across the USA have been challenged in their efforts toward broad implementation of community policing. This paper examines the level of change at five law enforcement agencies in the western USA. The changes at these agencies were precipitated by an independent, external, on-site assessment of each department conducted by the Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS), one of 28 regional community policing institutes funded by the US Department of Justice's COPS Office. The nature of the on-site assessment is discussed, along with reasons as to why the process tends to promote rather significant organizational changes in some law enforcement agencies, but only cursory changes in others.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalCriminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2004

Keywords

  • community policing
  • external auditing
  • organizational change
  • problem-oriented policing

EGS Disciplines

  • Criminal Law

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The Effectiveness of External Assessments in Facilitating Organizational Change in Law Enforcement'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this