Troy is located in Albany Schenectady-Troy metropolitan region, with a population on 800,000 during the twentieth century. The racial and ethnic makeup of Troy is not typical, having only 6 percent black residents and almost no Hispanic residents. In this regard, Troy is like one-fourth of the cities of over 100,000 populations, which have black populations of 5 percent or less. During this time the Police department was composed of 122 sworn officers, three-meter maids, one secretary, and four full-time unsworn officers. Patrol staffing was low at sixty-eight officers of all ranks, administration had twelve, the detective bureau was large at nineteen, the juvenile bureau had six, and the traffic division was huge at fourteen officers plus fifty-five part-time crossing guards, another legacy from an earlier era.
In this time frame the Mayor noticed issues that this run down city was having and took initiatives to change the city. …show more content…
With change needing to happen in Troy, their was a fear a change within the department, a lack of departmental control over the functions of hiring, promoting, and firing individuals, accountability, Poor management practices multiply quietly during the administration of an inadequate police chief, interference in personal matters, unions & malpractice, and abuse of power. All of these obstacles have been prevalent in the road to change for
In this time frame the Mayor noticed issues that this run down city was having and took initiatives to change the city. …show more content…
With change needing to happen in Troy, their was a fear a change within the department, a lack of departmental control over the functions of hiring, promoting, and firing individuals, accountability, Poor management practices multiply quietly during the administration of an inadequate police chief, interference in personal matters, unions & malpractice, and abuse of power. All of these obstacles have been prevalent in the road to change for