Transcription of Early Warning Systems: Responding to the Problem Police ...
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Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsNational Institute of JusticeR e s e a r c h i n B r i e fNational Institute of JusticeJuly and FindingsDiscussed in this Brief:A system-atic study of Early Warning systemsdesigned to identify officers whomay be having problems on the joband to provide those officers withthe appropriate counseling or train-ing. The findings are based on asurvey of 832 local law enforce-ment agencies and site visits tothree departments with establishedearly Warning issues:A growing body of evi-dence indicates that in any policedepartment a small percentage ofofficers are responsible for a dispro-portionate share of citizen com-plaints. Early Warning systems helpsupervisors identify these officers,intervene with them, and monitortheir subsequent though Early Warning systemsare becoming more popular amonglaw enforcement agencies, littleresearch has addressed the effec-tiveness of such programs.
conduct.”2 In 1981, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recommended that all police departments create an early warn-ing system to identify problem officers, those “who are frequently the subject of complaints or who demonstrate identifi-able patterns of inappropriate behavior.”3 An early warning system is a data-based
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