Chapter 10
Administrative Staff
Functions
Line/Staff Conflict and
Cooperation
Important
for operations-staff often give
advice that constitutes a decision that is
binding on the administrator
Line members often resent staff
considered desk jockeys
Sta
AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
Chapter 11
Introduction
Major auxiliary functions used by most police
agencies include
Communications (
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Records
Property Control
Vehicle maintenance
Building maintenance
Licensing
Crime Laboratory
A
Chapter 12
Human Resource
Management
Introduction
Most
resources go to personnel and
related costs such as recruitment and
selection, training, and pay and
benefits.
Law
enforcement is a labor intensive
industry: Approximately 80-90 % of a
police agency
Chapter 2
The Police Culture
The Concept: Police
Subculture
Treats
police as a vocational subculture
using a sociological and anthropological
approach.
The norms of secrecy solidarity and
social isolation are explained here.
Police have a distinct cult
Chapter 7
Proactive Police
Technology
Twenty-First Century
Science Fiction or Reality?
A paperless police department
Electronic auto-chip identification
Officer location by global
positioning
Immediate country wide data base
access
Major problems facing
Basic Line Functions
Chapter 9
Generalist-Specialist Controversy
Police departments need both
generalists and specialists.
The controversy is how many
specialists should a department have
and how resources need to be
devoted to specialized efforts such
as
PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
Chapter Six
Communication Defined
A social affair involving the sharing of information
Sharing of information between two communicators
One-way communication, usually down the chain of
command
Two-way com
Chapter Five
Operating Principles
THREE MAJOR AREAS OF WORK
IN EVERY ORGANIZATION
Administration
(Captains, majors,
Colonels)
Performed by top management and
immediate subordinates
Supervision
(Sergeants, Lieutenants)
Usually performed by immediate su
Chapter 4
Purposes and Principles of
Police Organizations
Introduction
The
Omnipresent Police Officer
The random patrol police officer who deters
crime by being everywhere.
O.W. Wilson's concept of the omnipresent police
officer is a defense of random
PATROL OPERATIONS &
COMMUNITY POLICING
Chapter 8
Introduction
The Traditional Model
The Kansas City Studies
This is the random patrol, responding to
service calls model of police patrol.
These studies show that random patrol has
little or no effect on cri
The Art and Style of
Proactive Police Leadership
Chapter Three
Introduction
This chapter deals with the major leadership
theories in management that apply to police
leadership.
It includes a mix of classical and recent
concepts.
What makes a good police m
Historical Perspective
Chapter 1
Periods of History in Police
Management
Industrial Revolution traditional
management model
concept of local control
centralized administration
influence of the Magna Carta on police agencies
in America
control from the top
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