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Public Safety Consolidation: What Is It? How Does It Work?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wilson, Jeremy M. Weiss, Alexander Grammich, Clifford A. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | The provision of public safety services is among the most challenging tasks a community faces. Among the reasons for this is that expenditures for public safety are among the largest outlay local communities make. Since the economic recession of 2008 and 2009, communities have found it increasingly difficult to maintain proper staffing levels, provide basic police service, and deliver certain functions. Decision-makers in state and local governments have sought to respond to these challenges in several ways, including the consolidation of police and fire services into single, public service agencies. Communities pursuing this option quickly discover that what is known about public safety consolidation is largely anecdotal and based upon scattered and dated case studies. Many questions remain about the options for and feasibility of public safety consolidation and what may contribute to its success or failure. Researchers at Michigan State University are working with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to developed the needed evidence-based lessons. In this report, we present some preliminary results of our work. It features data the research team has been gathering as well as insight derived from practitioners who participated in two focus groups hosted by the team in Dallas, Texas, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-w0659-pub.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
