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Evaluation of the Use of Computers in Patrol Cars by the San Francisco Police Department, 1999-2000

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Principal Investigator(s): Colvin, Caran

Summary: In an effort to reduce the workload of police officers participating in problem-solving and community-oriented activities, the San Francisco Police Department applied for and was awarded a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Making Officer Redeployment Effective (MORE) grant in 1995 to integrate Mobile Computing Terminals (MCTs), or laptop computers, into its daily operations. The National Institute of Justice funded an evaluation of this COPS MORE initiative. The evaluation exami... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03489.v1

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