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Citation

Salimbene NA, Zhang Y. Policing (Bradford) 2020; 43(6): 935-946.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Emerald Group Publishing)

DOI

10.1108/PIJPSM-04-2020-0063

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

PURPOSE The primary objective of the current study is to examine the impact that the size of a police department and workload on a department have on response time. Secondarily, the authors look at the effect that incident-level factors such as the severity of a call for service (CFS) and community-level factors such as ethnic diversity have on police response time.

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The current study examined CFSs data collected over a three-year period and organizational information from 26 police departments in Northeast Texas, as well as community-level information. In order to measure the effect of organizational variables, community factors and incident-level variables on police response time, the authors employed the use of hierarchical linear models (HLMs).

FINDINGS The results of hierarchical linear modeling indicated that incident-level factors and police department size are significant predictors of response time. Research limitations/implications There are two primary limitations: first, there were a lack of available organizational structure correlates such as age and differentiation. Second, the primary data set had a significant number of incomplete or repeating cases, thereby limiting the accuracy of the current study's analysis.

ORIGINALITY/VALUE The most unique aspect of this manuscript is that it examines how organizational factors affect police response time. Numerous studies analyzed determinants of police response time such as incident- and community-level factors, but the importance of organizational factors has not been analyzed.


Language: en

Keywords

Police organizations; Policing; Response time

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