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16 Police Q. 3 (2012-2013)

handle is hein.journals/policqurt16 and id is 1 raw text is: Intelligence-Led Policing: A Comparative Analysis of Organizational Factors Influencing Innovation Uptake Police Quarterly 16(1) 3-37 @ 2012 SAGE Publications Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1098611112467411 http://pqx.sagepub.corn $SAGE Steve Darroch' and Lorraine Mazerolle2 Abstract The capacity of police organizations to adopt innovative practices is poorly understood. This article compares and contrasts the uptake of one particular innovation: intelligence-led policing (ILP), in New Zealand, using a survey of 286 officers and 32 depth interviews to explore police attitudes and perceptions of the organizational factors influencing the adoption of ILP. We found that leadership and effective use of technology were critical to initiating and sustaining innovation. We conclude with a discussion of how police departments might best plan for and execute the adoption of new, innovative approaches to crime control. Keywords innovation, strategic innovation, continuous innovation, intelligence-led policing Introduction Innovation is a broad and multifaceted concept, emerging in a variety of forms and affecting society in diverse and important ways. Innovation includes a range of changes in practice, from adopting new technology to rethinking social networking, and is generally defined as adopting something new with the intention of benefit or 'University of Queensland & ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), Brisbane, Australia, & New Zealand Police, Wellington, New Zealand 2University of Queensland &ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), Brisbane, Australia Corresponding Author: Steve Darroch, Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane QId4072, Australia Email: steve.darroch@gmail.com

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