Dr. Garth Den Heyer

Dr. Garth den Heyer is a qualitative researcher whose interests include police organizational reform and performance, and police service delivery effectiveness. He is currently the principal investigator on a U.S. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services' (COPS) funded research project. This project is a national and international comparative assessment of cost-reducing strategies adopted by police agencies to maintain effective and efficient delivery of services. He recently completed...See more

Dr. Garth den Heyer is a qualitative researcher whose interests include police organizational reform and performance, and police service delivery effectiveness. He is currently the principal investigator on a U.S. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services' (COPS) funded research project. This project is a national and international comparative assessment of cost-reducing strategies adopted by police agencies to maintain effective and efficient delivery of services. He recently completed an international study that evaluated the role of civilian police in peacekeeping as well as a project with the Scottish Policing Institute of Research on evaluating the first year of the merging of the eight Scottish Police Forces to form the new national Police Scotland. See less