Open Access“Chief, I think we can make this work.” Perceptions of successes and failures in technology implementation from Canadian police leaders
Author(s) -
James M. Brown,
Michael J. Doucet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of community safety and well-being
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-4298
DOI - 10.35502/jcswb.157
Subject(s) - public relations , perception , work (physics) , human dimension , dimension (graph theory) , political science , engineering , management , psychology , human rights , law , mechanical engineering , mathematics , neuroscience , economics , pure mathematics
This article looks at the pressures, issues, and organizational elements that were perceived to have the greatest impact on the success or failure of technology projects, based on discussions with police leaders who have recently retired from police organizations across Canada. These discussions were technology-agnostic and focused on the human dimension of technology projects to understand what worked, what didn’t, and why, with the intent to help inform the discussion on technology acquisition for today’s police leaders.