RT Article
T1 Investigating accountability of public police in the private employment realm
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 57
SP 36
OP 46
A1 Zaia, Mathew
A2 Lippert, Randy 1966-
A2 Ujevic, Bruno
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1685897231
AB Paid detail police work has grown in recent years across municipal/local and state/provincial jurisdictions in the United States and Canada, but not without controversy. Using Stenning's (2000) accountability framework for private and public police, we consider how and the extent to which the private employment of public police is regulated and rendered accountable. To accomplish this, we draw on interviews with 63 employers of paid detail as well as police officers, policies collected through freedom of information requests from 30 North American police departments about paid detail procedures as well as logs, and media coverage of paid detail issues. We found incredible variation in how paid detail is regulated, as well as many instances where accountability and oversight are lacking. After examining the consequences of ineffective or absent accountability mechanisms, we suggest a more uniform approach to paid detail standards. We conclude by discussing future research about paid detail regulation and policy.
K1 Accountability
K1 Market
K1 Oversight
K1 Paid detail
K1 Public police
K1 Regulation
K1 State
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.01.006