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Austin Police DepartmentWestpoint Leadership Academy
Final Project
Sgt. Brian Manley #2184
Suspicious Persons Database
Austin Police Department
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2000Suspicious Persons & Vehicles
Reports
• 1,350 suspicious persons reports
• 205 suspicious vehicles reports
Westpoint Leadership Strategies
• Equity Theory
• Expectancy Theory
• Job Design Theory
• Decision Making In Groups
• Situational Leadership Theory
Equity Theory
• By expanding the scope of the database, all detectives will benefit.
Expectancy Theory
• Limitations of DEORS
• Limited communication between investigative units resulting from decentralization
Job Design Theory
• Create a new administrative position responsible for data entry
• Redesign of current administrative positions to absorb the data entry responsibilities
• Job enrichment as a result of early identification of a suspect or crime pattern
Group Decision Making Skills
• Database design group– Centralized detectives– Decentralized detectives– Patrol officers– Organized Crime detectives– Street Response detectives– Crime Analysis employees– Information Systems employees
Situational Leadership
•Peak performers–will not require supervisory direction in the use of the database
•Disillusioned learners & Reluctant contributors
–will require supervisors to coach, support, or direct
Design and Implementation
• Design
• Structure
• Funding
• Implementation
Design
• Focus group meetings to discuss– Specific search criteria– Combination searches
Structure
• Internet– Security concerns– Cost effective
• Dedicated server– Initial investment
• Departmental mainframe– Cost effective– Highly secure
Funding
• Grant funding
• The Children’s Advocacy Center
• Greater Austin Crime Commission
• City of Austin
Implementation
• Training
• Instruction manual
• Feedback
Assessment
• Successful identifications
• Officers acceptance of the database
• Biannual surveys
Making Austin the safest city in America