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The Impact Of Agency Accreditation Or Certification On Police Misconduct, Robert Ellis Rodriguez
The Impact Of Agency Accreditation Or Certification On Police Misconduct, Robert Ellis Rodriguez
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Law enforcement executives have created and implemented department policies and procedures to mitigate misconduct within their agencies, yet there is currently no method to quantify the effectiveness of these measures. The purpose of this exploratory study was to understand whether written directives, policies, and procedures of nationally accredited or state-certified law enforcement agencies impact reports of police misconduct. Data were collected from 8 Georgia law enforcement agencies: 4 that were nationally accredited or state-certified and 4 that did not hold such status. The data were compiled into 8 categories based on their accumulative number of misconduct incidents per agency and …
The Impact Of Public Consultation On Business Growth In The Virgin Islands, Arliene T. Penn
The Impact Of Public Consultation On Business Growth In The Virgin Islands, Arliene T. Penn
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Consistent public consultation in the making of policies and regulations is a problem in the Virgin Islands, affecting small businesses across the territory. Small business owners and the public have challenged the government to be more accountable and transparent in drafting and implementing legislation and regulations. The stakeholders are mainly concerned with those pieces of legislation and regulations that have a behavioral, social, or economic impact on their business, and, in turn, society. There is a lack of research on how the presence or absence of public input in the rulemaking process of business regulations impacts the economic growth and …