Research


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.