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.

美国警察部门采用穿戴式摄像机对现有的警务方式构成了挑战。这既适用于执法机构，也适用于警官。对于各机构来说，穿戴式摄像机是一种新颖的设备，必须通过适当的技术系统和使用政策加以支持。摄像头还会产生大量的视频数据，警务组织也必须对这些数据进行管理。考虑到这些需求，该项目将确定穿戴式相机技术对美国警察部门个人工作动态和组织运作的影响。具体而言，该项目将开发一个更大的IT治理框架，以最大限度地发挥穿戴式摄像头技术的价值，促进有效的警务行动。该项目将扩大公共部门组织的管理知识，这些组织越来越多地与穿戴式相机等可穿戴物联网技术联系在一起，研究成果将为技术管理、法律和犯罪学以及信息系统等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一个基于证据的组织理论和IT治理框架，这些组织越来越多地融入数字技术，特别是物联网技术。针对随身摄像机（BWC）对警务组织的影响，本项目解决了三个问题：(1)随身摄像机系统会导致哪些个人工作动态和组织变化；(2)什么样的技术社会治理机制有助于警务信息中心实现警务使命的价值最大化；(3)有哪些经验证据可以解释bwc对警察部门业务和任务绩效的影响。本研究活动通过三个阶段的研究设计来回答这些问题。首先，调查人员将通过分析从访谈、实地观察和文件分析中收集的数据，完成对警察机构的定性案例研究。第二，调查人员将根据个案研究的结果，与参与的机构合作，制定一个资讯科技管治架构，以最大限度地发挥穿戴式摄影机技术在警务部门完成任务方面的价值。最后，从将通过调查和公共资源收集的数据中，调查人员将分析随身摄像机对美国警察部门的业务和任务绩效的影响。