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