Blue Ribbon Commission and Research Reports
The reports below represent the work of special commissions established by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP) to develop policies on such matters as the use of electronic weapons, police pursuits, and assessing state crime laboratory needs. GILEE contributed to these reports.
Analysis of the Peace Officer and Prosecutor Training Fund. January 2012.
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Crime Laboratory Research & Analysis Project. Report and recommendations of the public committee to examine the needs of the GBI Crime Laboratory. Submitted to the President of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police. December, 2010.
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Law Enforcement Pursuits in Georgia: Review and Recommendations. Submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee on Law Enforcement Pursuits. Adopted by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Executive Board. July 22, 2006. (Revised August 8, 2006).
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Electronic Control Weapons in Georgia: Review and Recommendations. Submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic Control Weapons. Adopted by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Executive Board. June 20, 2005
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The reports below represent work on a variety of topics that GILEE was asked to contribute to. These range from assessing violent crime at Georgia State University to Olympic security and convenience store robberies.
Atlanta HIDTA: A Framework for Evaluation. A report submitted to the Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HITDA), Atlanta, Georgia, December 18, 2000.
Analysis of Crime at Georgia State University: 1985-1998. A report submitted to the President, Georgia State University, in response to media inquiries concerning a private national survey of campus violent crime, September 3, 1999. The report was used as a basis for the Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education’s response to the APB News story regarding the riskiest campus neighborhoods for violent crime.
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“State Commission Assesses GBI’s Crime Lab Needs.” Georgia’s Cities, Vol. 9, No. 12, December 10. A publication of the Georgia Municipal Association. 1998. Author: Robert R. Friedmann.
COMMUNITY POLICING PRACTICES AND PHILOSOPHY, Organizational Assessment and Readiness: A Seven Agency Report. Submitted to the Georgia Regional Community Policing Institute, Kennesaw, Georgia, May 18, 1998.
Convenience Store Robberies in Selected Metropolitan Areas – Risk Factors for Employee Injury. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1997. Authors: Amandus, Harlan E., Diane Zahm, Robert R. Friedmann, R. Barry Ruback, C. Block, Charles Wellford, Dennis Rogan, William Holmes, Tim Bynum, D. Hoffman, Robert McManus, J. Malcan, Joan Weiss, and David Kessler.
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Empowerment Zone Residents Survey: Attitudes Towards the Police and the Community. Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Empowerment Zone, April. 1997.
Multistate Study of Convenience Store Robberies. Washington D. C.: Justice Research and Statistics Association, Report submitted to NIJ. Authors: Wellford, Charles F., John MacDonald, Joan C. Weiss, Timothy Bynum, Robert Friedmann, Robert McManus and Anthony Petrosino. December. 1996.
Community Policing in Metropolitan Atlanta: Findings from Officers and Residents Surveys and Residents Focus Groups. Research report submitted to Project METRO ATLANTA PROJECT PACT / Comprehensive Communities Program, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, under Grant No. 94-MU-CX-0009, October, 1996.
Georgia State University Police Department. Increasing Safety and Security on GSU Campus. Report submitted to Vice President of Financial Affairs, Georgia State University, by the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Team, Atlanta, September, 1996.
The Atlanta Municipal Court: The Processing of Cases. A report issued by Central Atlanta Progress, Atlanta, Georgia, June 6. 1996. Authors: Stumpé, A. Robert, Damon D. Camp, Robert R. Friedmann, Madeline S. Griffin, Andrew Mickle, and Jack F. Williams.
Atlanta Mayor’s Commission on the Emergency 911 System. 1996 – 1997. Final Report. Submitted by Mayor’s Task Force that examined the 911 operations.
State Olympic Law Enforcement Command. Public Safety at Special Events: Lessons From the 1996 Olympic Games. Report submitted to the National Institute of Justice,1996.
Vision 2020. A Community Building Process Report: Public Safety. “Public Safety Collaborative Stakeholder” Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, 1994-1995.
Multistate Study of Convenience Store Robberies. Authors: Wellford, Charles F., John MacDonald, Joan C. Weiss, Timothy Bynum, Robert Friedmann, Robert McManus and Anthony Petrosino. Washington D. C.: Justice Research and Statistics Association, Report submitted to NIJ, December, 1996.
Employee Injuries and Convenience Store Robberies in Selected Metropolitan Areas. Authors: Amandus, Harlan E., Diane Zahm, Robert R. Friedmann, R. Barry Ruback, C. Block, Charles Wellford, Dennis Rogan, William Holmes, Tim Bynum, D. Hoffman, Robert McManus, J. Malcan, Joan Weiss, and David Kessler. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1996.
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Convenience Store Robberies in Selected Metropolitan Areas: Employee Injury. Authors: Amandus, Harlan E., Diane Zahm, Robert R. Friedmann, R. Barry Ruback, C. Block, Charles Wellford, Dennis Rogan, William Holmes, Tim Bynum, D. Hoffman, Robert McManus, J. Malcan, Joan Weiss, and David Kessler. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Health & Human Service. 1995.
Special Report: Convenience Store Robberies in Metropolitan Atlanta, June, 1994.
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The reports below represent the work of special public commissions established by law enforcement agencies to assess needs or investigate procedures and recommend new policies. These included leading or serving as a member on these commissions on matters such as assessing the needs of the state crime lab and investigating the Fulton County Court House shooting incident.
Fulton County Courthouse Security Commission. Atlanta, Georgia (2005 – 2006).
Criminal Justice Blue Ribbon Committee, Fulton County, Georgia (2004 – 2010).
Committee to Re-Assess State Crime Laboratory Needs. 2003. Report: The State of Georgia Crime Laboratory: Indispensable Needs – 2003 and Beyond. Submitted to the Division of Forensic Sciences, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta, Georgia, August 28.
Stop Identity Theft Network; an interagency task force at the federal, state, local, business and education level (2000 – 2002).
Blue Ribbon Commission. Juvenile Court of Fulton County (2000 – 2002).
Public Commission to Assess State Crime Laboratory Needs into the 21st Century. 1998. Report: Needs and Recommendations. Chaired the Commission, compiled, edited and wrote major portions of the report. Submitted to the Division of Forensic Sciences, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta, Georgia, August 31.
Blue Ribbon Task Force to Evaluate the Atlanta Police Department’s 911 System, Mayor’s Office, City of Atlanta (1996 – 1997).
The reports below represent special projects produced by the Statistical Analysis Bureau (SAB) serving as the Georgia Statistical Analysis Center (SAC). The work of the SAB was supported by the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) through funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
A National Survey of School Safety Issues. Authors: Eschholz, Sarah L., Damon D. Camp, Robert R. Friedmann, Kimberly H. Martin, and Christine J. Gonzales. Report No. 9, Statistical Analysis Bureau, Georgia State University, Atlanta, December, 2001.
The Atlanta Municipal Court Processing of Quality of Life Cases: January I – March 31, 1997. Report No. 8, Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Bureau, Georgia State University, Atlanta, December, 1997.
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Violent Crime Trends in Georgia’s Six Largest Cities. Report No. 7, Statistical Analysis Bureau, Georgia State University, Atlanta, December, 1994.
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Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Survey of Criminal Justice and Related Agencies. Report Number 6. June, 1994.
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Individual and Contextual Determinants of Prison Sentence Lengths for Violent Offenders in Georgia. Report No. 5, Statistical Analysis Bureau, Georgia State University, Atlanta, March, 1994.
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The 1992 Georgia Victimization Survey. Report 4. September, 1992.
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Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces in Georgia: A Two-Pronged Evaluation. Report 3. August, 1992.
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Burglary Sentencing Patterns in Georgia 1972-1991: An Analysis of Incarcerated Offenders. Report No. 2, Statistical Analysis Bureau, Georgia State University, Atlanta, March, 1992.
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A Research Agenda for Criminal Justice in Georgia: Consensus Across Agencies. Report No. 1, Statistical Analysis Bureau, Georgia State University, Atlanta, November, 1990.
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