Amalgamation of police services / by John Kiedrowski … [et al.].: PS14-33/2016E-PDF
Police amalgamation (also referred to as regionalization, consolidation, or merger) has been a focus for administrators of police service delivery since the early 1950s when various provincial governments began to promote the amalgamation of services in adjacent municipal governments in the interests of cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The major justification for police amalgamation has been that significant cost savings would result through achieving economies of scale. While several studies show that economies of scale can be achieved in some contexts, other research suggests diseconomies of scale may also occur depending on the context and the size of police services being amalgamated. Police expenditure and crime rate data were collected for nine police services across Canada to help understand the impact of police amalgamation on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery. Our review found no significant differences in cost-effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery among those police services that had undergone amalgamation and those continuing to operate independently. Several potential implications of police amalgamation for the FNPP are identified and discussed in the context of the legal framework for First Nations policing, Aboriginal governance and funding issues, and the rural and remote locations of many Aboriginal communities.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Public Safety Canada. |
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| Title | Amalgamation of police services / by John Kiedrowski … [et al.]. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Fusion des services de police. "Research report: 2015-R027." Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-38). |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Public Safety Canada, c2016. |
| Author / Contributor | Kiedrowski, John S.,1957- |
| Description | 53 p. : fig., tables |
| ISBN | 978-0-660-04511-5 |
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| Subject terms | Police services Mergers |
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