Police Reserves and Volunteers

Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness and Public Trust

James F. Albrecht

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781315350462
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cyber Security
• Index: Computer Science

Reductions in police department funding have raised the importance of volunteers in enhancing organizational performance, improving community trust and confidence, and at times accomplishing basic tasks to maintain public safety and security. During a period when police administrators are asked to do more with less, and to engage in smarter, community-oriented policing, citizen volunteers are an invaluable resource. Police Reserves and Volunteers is an invaluable primer for those looking to understand the benefits and challenges involved in the use of the volunteers within global law enforcement agencies.

Using cases from a range of specialists and precincts, this edited volume provides a rare window into police administration from the state legislation that regulates police reserves in California to the local models observed in many counties and cities across the United States. Police Reserves and Volunteers offers volunteers, local elected officials, and law enforcement straightforward guidelines to enhance police goals and build public trust in local communities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Editor
• Contributors
• Section I Introduction
• Section II Police Volunteer Programs in the United States
• Section III Police Volunteer ProgramsGlobal Perspectives
• Section IV Police Volunteers and Other Deployment Options
• Section V Personal Reflection and Insight
• Section VI Using Volunteers in Other Government Organizations
• Section VII Conclusion

• Index