RT Article
T1 Police foundation governance and accountability: Corporate interlocks and private, nonprofit influence on public police
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 20
IS 2
SP 131
OP 149
A1 Walby, Kevin 1981-
A2 Luscombe, Alex
A2 Lippert, Randy 1966-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1786116561
AB Police foundations are new private organizations used by public police services to raise corporate monies in North America. This article examines problems of governance and accountability arising in relation to police foundations and police services. Drawing from interviews, freedom of information requests and records from city archives, we analyze interlocks between corporations and police foundations via board membership. Because of the influence and control directors exercise by voting on projects and vetting other board members, links between corporations and police foundations raise ethical questions about the power of board members to influence police spending and procurement. We analyze data pertaining to four themes in literature on nonprofit organizations and directorate interlocking: philanthropy; influence and control; cooptation; and reciprocity. In conclusion, we reflect on the implications of our findings for literatures on public police governance and accountability.
K1 Board of directors
K1 Corporate interlocks
K1 Governance
K1 Nonprofit organizations
K1 Police foundations
K1 Public police accountability
DO 10.1177/1748895818794225