TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - An examination of organizational and community effects on police response time
JO  - Policing (Bradford)
A1  - Salimbene, Nicholas Andrew
A1  - Zhang, Yan
SP  - 935
EP  - 946
VL  - 43
IS  - 6
N2  - 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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1363-951X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-04-2020-0063
ID  - ref1
ER  -