Summary
This report presents the results of a project to improve the type and range of performance measures and indicators currently used by Australian DLE agencies and to develop a measurement framework for use by DLE agencies in reporting performance and assessing effectiveness. Findings from the implementation trial indicate that the framework provides a way for the whole community to better understand how DLE impacts certain issues such as drug-related public health, that current DLE efforts can be strengthened without imposing a whole new system of data collection and reporting, and that the framework provides a way to build new, more systematic processes from within existing structures and procedures
The report is one of four reports that provide details on the development and planned implementation of a performance measurement framework for DLE agencies. The other titles are as follows: A plan for national implementation of the drug law enforcement performance measurement framework (Willis, Homel & Anderson 2010), which outlines key steps should the performance measurement framework be nationally implemented; Implementing a drug law enforcement (DLE) performance measurement framework in Australia (Willis, Anderson & Davis 2010), which provides a detailed report of the technical fieldwork findings; and Foundations for an effective performance measurement system for drug law enforcement (Willis & Anderson 2010), which outlines better practice principles and steps to developing a rigorous performance measurement system.