Assessment of the Existing Maintenance System of Police Forces Vehicle's Maintenance Department

Maintenance is one of the major and effective concepts in enhancing the organizational efficiency and effectiveness in every organization. The present research entitled “reviewing the existing status of Police vehicles’ maintenance” aims at explaining the existing situation through benefiting from ESCAP model, which concentrates on 4 basic aspects of organizations in the fields of humanware, hardware and organizationware. The research reviews the existing maintenance of police vehicles, and in case there is a significant gap between the existing situation and desirable situation, while determining the gap and taking into consideration the above-mentioned constituents, some practical approaches may be introduced to reduce the gap. The present research was conducted through using descriptive-survey type. The data was gathered from 50 experts and managers of police vehicles’ maintenance department through using a questionnaire whose validity and reliability was approved (α=0.843).The required data was analyzed through using sample T Tok and Friedman tests. The results of the analyses indicate that with respect to the requirements and the fourfold dimension raised in ESCAP model in all the four fields, there is significant difference between the existing situation and the desirable situation. Therefore, it is necessary to define and implement the improvement programs based on the determined priorities, in the present research.