مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - TRUST TEAMS AND PERSONNEL PROMOTION SYSTEM: ISTANBUL POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A CASE STUDY

Abstract :

This study explores the Trust Teams (TT) initiation of Istanbul Police Department in depth. Additionally, the Personnel Promotion System specifically tailored for the TT is also examined accordingly. This research utilized the data gathered from the interview results, benefited from media sources and documentation about this policing initiative. To investigate the TT system, Bureau of Justice Statics’ (United States) Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Survey (LEMAS) was used as a guide source. This study showed that this undercover street crimes unit helps police personnel detect crime at first hand and response to crime scene accordingly and rapidly. This research demonstrates that a plenty of policing tactics can be learned from the experiences of TT. This study proposed that TT initiation should be institutionalized, should have a strong crime analysis unit and should form a citizen complaints and personnel performance review board, found a training unit which focuses on simulation-based training objectives. In this way, TT system could be a universal body of police department that could offer exemplary crime fighting exercises.