TY - GEN
T1 - Distributed cognition in police operations
AU - McMaster, R. B.
AU - Baber, C.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - In this paper, we report an investigation into the structure of the command and control network within West Midlands Police, principally focussing upon the role of police control rooms within this network. We present an analysis of police responses to emergency incidents using the systems-level approach of distributed cognition. The study found that the "OASIS" information system plays a key role within the command and control network, enabling communications and the flow of incident information across the various control rooms; from a distributed cognition perspective, the OASIS system is a key artefact, performing a number of roles which support the coordination of police activities.
AB - In this paper, we report an investigation into the structure of the command and control network within West Midlands Police, principally focussing upon the role of police control rooms within this network. We present an analysis of police responses to emergency incidents using the systems-level approach of distributed cognition. The study found that the "OASIS" information system plays a key role within the command and control network, enabling communications and the flow of incident information across the various control rooms; from a distributed cognition perspective, the OASIS system is a key artefact, performing a number of roles which support the coordination of police activities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34047137581&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34047137581
SN - 0415374480
SN - 9780415374484
T3 - Contemporary Ergonomics 2005
SP - 105
EP - 109
BT - Contemporary Ergonomics 2005
T2 - Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society: Contemporary Ergonomics 2005, CE 2005
Y2 - 5 April 2005 through 7 April 2005
ER -