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A Comparative Analysis Fire, Police, And Public Works Departments Pelham, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
A Comparative Analysis Fire, Police, And Public Works Departments Pelham, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
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In an ongoing effort to evaluate the effectiveness of its operations, the Town of Pelham engaged the services of the Center for Economic Development (CED) at the University of Massachusetts to examine the Highway (DPW), Police and Fire departments.
To that end, CED produced a detailed matrix comparing Pelham's three departments with those of three other communities; contacted professional and government organizations for potentially useful trends and researched additional information requested by the town. Herewith are the results of these efforts.
It was agreed that a comparative analysis of an extensive list of descriptive characteristics between Pelham's and three other …