COE, Charles K <br/><br/>
Police budgeting :  winning strategies 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  nov./dec.2001 
<br/><br/> Based on a national survey of police chiefs with a fallow-up focus group, this article discusses budgetary strategies that police departments used to be successful in budgeting. The strategies include: using crime and workload data judiciously; capitalizing on sensational crime incidents; effectively getting the message out; carefully mobilizing interest groups; strategic planning'playing the federal grants game; working closely with the chief executive and elected officials; and involving all departmental staff levels in budgeting