A different shade of blue: an evaluation of the civilian detective concept and its impact on police capabilities

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Patrick
dc.contributor.advisorKiernan, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorGreen, David B.
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs (NSA)
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-29T21:19:28Z
dc.date.available2016-04-29T21:19:28Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractFinancial distress and shrinking police candidate pools have diminished cities’ abilities to protect the public. This thesis examines the manner in which cities have adapted by using civilians to perform the duties of sworn detectives—specifically, whether this practice enhances cities’ contributions to public safety. Nine law enforcement organizations across the country that applied this policy were analyzed. It focused on cost implications, impacts on investigative and emergency response capabilities, job qualifications, training standards, scope of duties, and overall efficacy. Similar themes include the ability of cities to reduce costs and to achieve equivalent work output from civilian personnel. Dissimilar themes surrounded the reasons cities adopted the policy and how they trained the personnel. From the analysis, this thesis determined that the use of civilian personnel does enhance cities’ contributions to public safety. This thesis also identified a need for a uniform national framework for policy adoption and for state peace officer accrediting commissions to develop guidelines for training and certification.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, San Bernardino Police Department, Californiaen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/adifferentshadeo1094548528
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/48528
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
dc.rightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner.en_US
dc.subject.authorcivilianizationen_US
dc.subject.authorcivilian investigatoren_US
dc.subject.authorcivilian criminal investigatoren_US
dc.subject.authorcivilian economic crimes investigatoren_US
dc.subject.authorcriminal investigation officeren_US
dc.subject.authorcivilian police investigatoren_US
dc.subject.authorpolice investigative specialisten_US
dc.subject.authordetectiveen_US
dc.subject.authorsworn detectiveen_US
dc.subject.authorcivilian detectiveen_US
dc.subject.authordetective worken_US
dc.subject.authorcriminal investigationen_US
dc.subject.authorpolice capabilitiesen_US
dc.subject.authoremergency responseen_US
dc.subject.authorhomeland securityen_US
dc.subject.authorSan Bernardino terrorist attacken_US
dc.subject.authorIRC attacken_US
dc.titleA different shade of blue: an evaluation of the civilian detective concept and its impact on police capabilitiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)en_US
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