Contents
1. Introduction and summary of findings and recommendations. – 2. Police policymaking and discretion: survey of the literature. – 3. Introduction to the police policymaking project in Boston. – 4. The policymaking process: criminal investigative guidelines. – 5. Rules and incentives to increase accountability. – 6. The policymaking process: drug enforcement priorities. – 7. Conclusions on the prospects for policymaking in the Boston Police Department. – 8. Evaluation of criminal investigative guidelines. – 9. Use of search warrants by the Boston police. – 10. Impact of guidelines on the execution of search warrants. – 11. Trying to increase the use of search warrants by district detectives. – 12. The impact of stop and frisk and eyewitness identification guidelines on the conduct of patrol officers. – 13. Impact of the exclusionary rule. – 14. Conclusions. – 15. Recent national developments in police policy-making: a survey. – 16. Site visits to selected cities. – Appendix A: Development of criminal investigative guidelines. – Appendix B: Statistical analysis of the drug problem in Boston.