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MAINE LINCOLN COUNTY, MAINE WEED AND SEED: AN IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION OF A RURAL CRIME PREVENTION PROJECT George Shaler July 2004, 52 pp. The Maine SAC conducted an evaluation of a new Weed and Seed project in Lincoln County, Maine. The Lincoln County Weed and Seed strategy focused on implementing the Enhanced Neighborhood Policing (ENP) curriculum of community policing among all county law enforcement agencies. As part of the evaluative process, the Maine SAC surveyed law enforcement personnel in two nearby counties that have a longer track record with the ENP model. Law enforcement officers in these two counties were concerned with the perceived effectiveness of ENP training and strategy and the effectiveness of community advisory group participation in crime prevention efforts. Among the survey findings: respondents felt there was an improved community perception of police, and job satisfaction was higher after training. Several elements of the study suggest a cautious approach should be taken in drawing conclusions from this paper. The study was conducted early in the implementation process, making respondents only able to judge the expected effectiveness of the training or strategy, not the actual effectiveness. Additionally, the number of officers trained (31) was not large and the number surveyed was less (13 of the 31). Overall, the report serves as an interesting starting point for what should be a multiyear effort. MISSISSIPPI RESULTS OF THE 2003 SURVEY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES R.A. Thompson, E. M. Corzine, K. A.Carter, and A. Trowbridge January 2004, 128 pp. This report presents data in table format collected by a survey of Mississippi law enforcement agencies. The survey was distributed to all municipal, county, institutional, and state authorized police agencies. It examined agency operations, use of equipment, computers and information systems, personnel, financial information, policies and programs, and needs/concerns. NEBRASKA TRAFFIC STOPS IN NEBRASKA Michael Overton, Eva Shepherd, and Nancy Comer March 2004, 13 pp. The Nebraska Legislature passed an act prohibiting racial profiling and requiring law enforcement agencies to collect data relating to traffic stops. This report, the second of its kind, 38
presents an aggregate account of such data collected in 2002 and 2003, including number of motor vehicle stops, race and ethnicity of individuals stopped, the law violated prompting the stop, what action was taken by the officer (i.e., citation, search, arrest), reported allegations of racial profiling, and the outcome of the review of those allegations. Data were submitted by 237 Nebraska agencies in 2002 and 218 agencies in 2003. Stops involving minority drivers more often resulted in searches and a higher percentage of stops leading to arrest than for white drivers, with black drivers having the highest rate of arrest. NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES TO A GROWING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY Carmen Mendoza, Stephen Brochu, Juan Garrido, Diego Anselmo, Michael Nguyen, Aksone Inthisone, Michael Deal, Brian Whitworth January 2004, 121 pp. In 2000, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department started an International Relations unit to deal with the growing international population in North Carolina. This publication focuses on the development process and operation of the International Relations Unit, immigration trends and challenges they create for providing effective law enforcement, and ways to address the needs of a growing international community. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STUDY SERIES: TELECOMMUNICATION OFFICERS Douglas Yearwood January 2004, 25 pp. This study is part of a series that examined issues of recruitment and retention of personnel in North Carolina’s public safety agencies. This report focuses on telecommunication officers. A survey instrument was distributed to a sample of telecommunication centers. The survey included questions about recruitment techniques and strategies, number of job applicants, the extent of waiting lists, level of aggressiveness, and retention issues including employee turnover rate, ways to retain personnel, effectiveness, and reasons officers leave. The majority of respondents felt their agency’s recruitment was neutral (i.e., neither aggressive nor passive), with the most frequently employed and effective technique being word of mouth. The most popular retention technique was annual pay increases, with poor salaries being the top reason agencies lose telecommunication officers. The study also examined differences between the responding agencies in regard to their recruitment techniques and retention rates based on the level of recruitment aggressiveness and employee attrition. The report concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the study findings and recommendations. 39
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