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REDUCTION OF POLICE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THROUGH MECHANICALLY AIDED SUPERVISION
Author(s) -
Larson Lynn D.,
Schnelle John F.,
Kirchner Robert,
Carr Adam F.,
Domash Michele,
Risley Todd R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1980.13-571
Subject(s) - psychology , reduction (mathematics) , human factors and ergonomics , applied psychology , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , poison control , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , mathematics , pathology , geometry
Tachograph recorders were installed in 224 vehicles of a metropolitan police department to monitor vehicle operation in an attempt to reduce the rate of accidents. Police sergeants reviewed each tachograph chart and provided feedback to officers regarding their driving performance. Reliability checks and additional feedback procedures were implemented so that upper level supervisors monitored and controlled the performance of field sergeants. The tachograph intervention and components of the feedback system nearly eliminated personal injury accidents and sharply reduced accidents caused by officer negligence. A cost‐benefit analysis revealed that the savings in vehicle repair and injury claims outweighed the equipment and operating costs.