Towards a performance monitor for traffic enforcement. Within the framework of the elaboration of the Strategic Memorandum Police Traffic Duties, the police in the Netherlands intend to set up a monitoring system. It will be used for monitoring the police performance in the field of road safety and general safety in traffic, based on its own defined targets. A performance monitor will make clear which efforts have been made and, if possible, also what effects they have had. The monitor needs to show the overall police performance, meaning the total performance of the regular police force, the Regional Traffic Enforcement Teams (RVHTs) and the National Police Services Agency (KLPD). The ultimate goal is that the monitor can be used as a management instrument which can help the police in steering and adjusting its efforts. The police asked SWOV for its advice on this issue. The present memorandum discusses the data sources that may be relevant for a performance monitor. It also gives indications as to how such a monitor can be developed. The memorandum has been written on the basis of SWOV's specific expertise in the fields of road safety and traffic enforcement. This means that other types of unsafe traffic situations like environmental offences, crimes and related indicators will not be discussed.
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