Six sheriff's offices in North Central Florida and the University of Florida are partners in a National Institute of Justice grant that was designed to enhance research skills among the partners as they relate specifically to community law enforcement. In addition, the grant was designed to develop a program intervention related to the communication skills of deputies and then investigate the impact of this intervention on attitudes toward the deputies. Finally, the grant was designed to enhance the partnership so that it would continue into the future.
The specific sheriff’s offices that are involved in the partnership are as follows:
Alachua County Sheriffs Office
Gilchrest County Sheriff's Office
Columbia County Sheriffs Office
Putnam County Sheriffs Office
Levy County Sheriffs Office
Union County Sheriffs Office
Most of these counties are very small and rural and may not have the analytical research skills for examining their community law enforcement and other programs. The Florida Survey Research Center (FSRC) provides the data collection and analyze skills for the project.
The four specific components of the grant are as follows: Provide Presentation Workshops on Approaches to Research; The FSRC developed a series of six presentation workshops for the partners; The presentation workshops brought individuals who had expertise in various aspects of research that would be of great value to the law enforcement partners; and, The workshop presentations that were given are as follows: approaches to research; policy analysis; program evaluation; survey research; strategic management; and, geographic information systems.
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http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/182520.pdf
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