Collaborative Proposal: Police Department as Organizational Machine: Effects of Body Worn Camera on the Work Dynamics and Performance of U.S. Police Departments

合作提案：警察局作为组织机器：执法记录仪对美国警察局工作动态和绩效的影响

• 批准号: 1734647
• 负责人: Tony Tong
• 金额: $ 13.42万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1734647&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; Police; Department; Organizational

The adoption of body worn cameras in US police departments represents a challenge to established ways of policing. This applies to law enforcement agencies as much as officers. For agencies, body worn cameras represent a novel piece of equipment that must be supported through appropriate technological systems and usage policies. Cameras also produce an abundance of video data that policing organizations must manage as well. Considering these demands, this project will identify the impacts of body worn camera technologies on individual work dynamics and organizational operations in US police departments. Specifically, this project will develop a larger IT governance framework to maximize the value of body worn camera technologies for effective policing operations. This project will expand knowledge on the management of public sector organizations that are increasingly enmeshed with wearable Internet of Things technologies like body worn cameras, and research results will inform the development of educational materials in technology management, law and criminology, and information systems. A primary goal of this project is to create an evidence-based organization theory and IT governance framework for public sector organizations that are being increasingly embedded with digital technologies in general and Internet of Things technologies in particular. Specific to the impacts of body worn cameras (BWC) on policing organizations, this project addresses three questions: (1) What individual work dynamics and organizational changes are induced by BWC systems; (2) what technosocial governance mechanisms help maximize the value of BWCs in accomplishing police departments' mission; and (3) what empirical evidence explains the effects of BWCs on the operational and mission performance of police departments. This research activity answers these questions through a three-stage research design. First, the investigators will complete qualitative case studies of police agencies by analyzing data collected from interviews, field observations, and document analyses. Second, drawing upon the results of the case studies and in collaboration with participating agencies, the investigators will develop an IT governance framework to maximize the value of body worn camera technologies in accomplishing police departments' missions. Lastly, drawing from data that will be collected through survey and public sources, the investigators will analyze the effect of body worn cameras on the operational and mission performance of police departments across the US.

美国警察部门采用随身摄像机对现有的警务方式提出了挑战。这不仅适用于执法机构，也适用于官员。对于各机构来说，执法记录仪是一种新颖的设备，必须通过适当的技术系统和使用政策来支持。摄像机还产生大量视频数据，警务组织也必须对其进行管理。考虑到这些需求，该项目将确定执法记录仪技术对美国警察部门个人工作动态和组织运作的影响。具体来说，该项目将开发一个更大的 IT 治理框架，以最大限度地发挥执法记录仪技术的价值，从而实现有效的警务行动。该项目将扩展公共部门组织的管理知识，这些组织越来越多地融入可穿戴物联网技术（如随身相机），研究成果将为技术管理、法律和犯罪学以及信息系统方面的教育材料的开发提供信息。该项目的主要目标是为公共部门组织创建基于证据的组织理论和 IT 治理框架，这些组织越来越多地嵌入数字技术，特别是物联网技术。针对执法记录仪（BWC）对警务组织的影响，该项目解决了三个问题：（1）BWC 系统引发了哪些个人工作动态和组织变化； (2) 哪些技术社会治理机制有助于最大限度地发挥 BWC 在完成警察部门使命方面的价值； (3) 哪些经验证据可以解释《生物武器公约》对警察部门运作和任务绩效的影响。本研究活动通过三阶段的研究设计回答了这些问题。首先，调查人员将通过分析访谈、实地观察和文件分析收集的数据来完成警察机构的定性案例研究。其次，调查人员将利用案例研究的结果并与参与机构合作，开发一个 IT 治理框架，以最大限度地发挥执法记录仪技术在完成警察部门任务中的价值。最后，调查人员将根据通过调查和公共来源收集的数据，分析执法记录仪对美国各地警察部门的运作和任务表现的影响。