Too often, a task force is the first place contributing agencies “cut back” during personnel shortages. What can be done to strengthen the task force position with contributing agencies?
• Commanders experiencing this problem need to examine the way they are reporting task force activities with the jurisdictions of the contributing agencies. It is suggested that the “2080 formula” be used—2080 represents one full-time employee to the contributing agency (i.e., 40 hours per week times 52 weeks equals 2080 hours). By tracking the amount of time that the task force spends in the jurisdiction rather than just the results of the investigations, the CEOs of the contributing agencies get a much clearer picture of the “return on their investment.” An example might be a task force “team” (one sergeant and six investigators) conducting a one-week investigation in a particular jurisdiction that contributed one member, resulting in a search warrant and three arrests. By tracking the time (as well as the search warrant and arrests), the task force commander can show that on this case alone, the contributing agency recovered 280 man-hours (seven task force members times 40 hours equ
Commanders experiencing this problem need to examine the way they are reporting task force activities with the jurisdictions of the contributing agencies. It is suggested that the “2080 formula” be used—2080 represents one full-time employee to the contributing agency (i.e., 40 hours per week times 52 weeks equals 2080 hours). By tracking the amount of time that the task force spends in the jurisdiction rather than just the results of the investigations, the CEOs of the contributing agencies get a much clearer picture of the ” return on their investment.” An example might be a task force “team” (one sergeant and six investigators) conducting a one-week investigation in a particular jurisdiction that contributed one member, resulting in a search warrant and three arrests. By tracking the time (as well as the search warrant and arrests), the task force commander can show that on this case alone, the contributing agency recovered 280 man-hours (seven task force members times 40 hours equa
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- Too often, a task force is the first place contributing agencies "cut back" during personnel shortages. What can be done to strengthen the task force position with contributing agencies?
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