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Multi‐tasking behaviors of general duty police officers

Police Practice and Research, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to examine the multi‐tasking behaviors of general duty police officers, using driving a motor vehicle as the primary task. Fifty‐five percent of the officers were observed performing at least one other task while driving, and 7% of officers were observed using their mobile data terminal (MDT) while driving and ...
G. S. Anderson, A. Courtney, D. Plecas, C. Chamberlin   +3 more
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Multimedia Analysis in Police–Citizen Communication: Supporting Daily Policing Tasks

2019
This chapter describes an approach for improved multimedia analysis as part of an ICT-based tool for community policing. It includes technology for automatic processing of audio, image and video contents sent as evidence by the citizens to the police.
Peter Leškovský, Santiago Prieto, Aratz Puerto, Jorge García, Luis Unzueta, Nerea Aranjuelo, Haritz Arzelus, Aitor Álvarez   +7 more
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The policing task and the expansion (and contraction) of British policing

Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2012
Over the past four decades the police service strength in England and Wales grew by nearly a third. This was at a time when the population grew by just 10 per cent. This sustained period of growth came to an end with the 2010 spending review which called for a 20 per cent cut in government funding of the police.
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Local policing—a three dimensional task analysis

Journal of Criminal Justice, 1975
An attempt is made to provide a usable and comprehensive analysis of the local policing task. Prior attempts to discuss the nature of police work are summarized and a descriptive model is developed, based on a matrix analysis involving three dichotomies: public need (individual victimization, community need), official response (control, service), and ...
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Redefining Interoperability: Understanding Police Communication Task Environments

2009
The goal of this research is to understand the concept of police communication environments related to interoperable issues. Interoperability is critical to both inter- and intra- organizational communication. Especially in the emergency operations with multiple groups at the same place, the importance of interoperability has been much appreciated ...
Gyu H. Kwon, Tonya L. Smith-Jackson, Charles W. Bostian   +2 more
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Mobile technologies for police tasks: An Australian study

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 2016
ABSTRACTMobile technologies are increasingly adopted by information intensive organizations such as public police corporations to support the tasks of its employees, for information management and innovation. However, because police organizations are government organizations, technology decisions are largely made by managers and politicians with budget
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Is British Police Uniform Adequate for the Task?

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2000
Each of 43 Police Forces in Britain test and supply their own uniform ensembles. Whilst sharing similarities, the ensembles differ. A national Uniform Project Group was established to evaluate current uniform so as to develop future provision of a uniform ‘menu’. An ergonomics contribution is presented.
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Context-Aware Team Task Allocation to Support Mobile Police Surveillance

2009
To optimally distribute tasks within police teams during mobile surveillance, a context-aware task allocation system is designed and evaluated with end-users. This system selects and notifies appropriate team members of current incidents, based on context information (officer availability, officer proximity to the incident and incident priority) and ...
Streefkerk, J.W., Esch-Bussemakers, M. van, Neerincx, M.   +2 more
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A profile of occupational tasks performed by mounted police officers

Work
BACKGROUND: Within individual policing organisations, there are a wide variety of units and job roles. OBJECTIVE: To profile the occupational tasks performed by Australian mounted police officers, aiming to offer conditioning insight into this unique job role.
Elisa F D, Canetti, Ashlee, Gersbach-Seib, Ryan, Moore, Ben, Schram, Robin, Orr   +4 more
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