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Myrstol, Brad A.; Schafer, N. E.; and Giblin, Matthew J. (2003). Drug and Alcohol-Related Workload of Anchorage Patrol Officers: Results From Two Patrol Officer Surveys. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Drug-Related Crime and the Workload of Anchorage Police Officers:
An Examination of Officer Perceptions
| Principal investigator(s): | N.E. Schafer Matthew Giblin Brad A. Myrstol |
| Project dates: | 2002 |
| JC#: | 0210 |
| Agency: | Anchorage Police Department |
| Project amount: | $13,929 |
| Project status: | Closed |
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It is widely agreed among criminal justice professionals that alcohol and illegal drugs play a role in patterns of crime, but not much is known about how these substances influence the operation of criminal justice agencies, particularly in the area of policing.
In 2002 the Justice Center collaborate with Anchorage Police Department (APD) to study the extent to which drug- and alcohol-related incidents formed the workload of APD patrol officers. The study consisted of two separate surveys, administered approximately three months apart. The first survey asked APD patrol officers to provide their best estimate, based on their own experience, of the amount of time they spent in the past year dealing with alcohol- and drug-related activities; the second, administered over a seven-day period, in August 2002, require patrol officers to complete incident logs describing drug and alcohol-related incidents encountered on patrol.
