New York State Bureau for Municipal Police Administrative Surveys, Studies, and Reports on Local Law Enforcement Operations and…
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- The series consists of surveys, studies, and reports on police services and operations prepared by the Bureau for Municipal Police at the request of chief municipal law enforcement authorities. Records include administrative surveys of police operations; consolidation studies to determine the feasibility of (or to plan for) a unified law enforcement agency; personnel analysis studies of police operations and staff resources and deployment; reports on the organization and services of police or sheriff's departments; and operational plans for new public safety buildings
Title
- Administrative surveys, studies, and reports on local law enforcement operations and services
Quantity
- 9 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- 15620
Creator
Arrangement
Alphabetical by name of city, town, village, or county.
15620-10, 15620-11: Chronological.
Administrative History
Chapter 399 of the Laws of 1972 transferred the Municipal Police Training Council and all of its functions and duties to the newly created Division of Criminal Justice Services. Through its Police Administrative Services Unit, the Bureau for Municipal Police offers counseling, including in-depth comprehensive or limited surveys, to local law enforcement agencies to support their continuous review and upgrading of administrative planning, research, and operations.
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of copies of administrative surveys, consolidation studies, and related reports on police services and operations prepared by the Bureau for Municipal Police at the request of chief municipal law enforcement authorities throughout the state.
The records include: administrative surveys of police operations, typically covering issues of training, organization, and personnel analysis; consolidation studies to determine the feasibility of (or to plan for) a unified law enforcement agency; personnel analysis studies of police operations and staff resources and deployment; reports on the organization and services of police or sheriff's departments, including statements of policy, organization, rules of conduct, and functions; and operational plans for new public safety buildings.
15620-11: This accretion consists exclusively of administrative studies of various police departments across New York State.
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Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Law enforcement--New York (State)
- Police administration--New York (State)