Leveraging wireless broadband to improve police land mobile radio programming: estimating the resource impact

Despite rapid growth in criminological studies of police technology, examinations of police land mobile radios are absent in the literature. This is troubling given the central role mobile radios serve in police operations and their significant management costs. The present study seeks to fill this...

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Authors: Carter, Jeremy G. 1982- (Author) ; Grommon, Eric (Author) ; Piza, Eric L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2019]
In: Journal of crime and justice
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-77
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Land mobile radios
Geospatial estimates
Police technology
Radio programming
Wireless broadband
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Summary:Despite rapid growth in criminological studies of police technology, examinations of police land mobile radios are absent in the literature. This is troubling given the central role mobile radios serve in police operations and their significant management costs. The present study seeks to fill this gap by introducing the functionality of wireless broadband radio programming. Current practice requires a police officer to physically drive to a radio programming location to manage their mobile radio. Wireless programming remedies this burdensome reality, thereby saving officer time and cost. Geospatial analyses are used to estimate distance saved associated with wireless programming. We then conduct a number of calculations to determine time and cost savings related to the observed differences between existing and wireless radio programming within the context of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Results suggest wireless radio programming can save significant personnel and financial resources. Implications are discussed.
ISSN:2158-9119
DOI:10.1080/0735648X.2018.1554844