Managing and Leading Today′s Police (eBook)

Challenges, Best Practices & Case Studies

Kenneth J. Peak, Larry K. Gaines, Ronald W. Glensor (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2025 | 1., Fifth Edition
457 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-0719-7140-6 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I: Organizations as Living Entities
Chapter 1: Leading and Managing Today’s Police: Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction
The Concept of Organizations
Leadership Versus Management
Police Leadership and Management: an Overview
Police Leadership and Management: an Historical Perspective
Goals, Vision and Mission Statements, and Values
Challenges and Opportunities
Artificial Intelligence for Police Leadership: Definition and Application
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 2: The Dynamics of Police Organizations: Structure and Theories
Introduction
The Development of Organizational Theory and its Application to Policing
Administrative Theory
The Emergence of Human Relations Theory
The Systems Approach
Rationales and Purposes of Police Organizational Design
Factors That Influence Organization
Contemporary Organizational Strategies
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 3: Leadership and Motivation: What Works
Introduction
Police Officials as Leaders
Developing Leadership Skills
Power, Authority, and Leadership
Applying Mintzberg’s View of Leaders
Strategic Thinking and Planning for Strategic Management
Motivation Theory
Leading Versus Managing
Leadership Theories
Typologies of Leadership Styles
Leading in Today’s Environment
Why Leaders Fail
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 4: Communication, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Introduction
The Act of Communicating
The Communication Process
Barriers to Effective Communication
Communicating in Various Mediums
The Art of Negotiating
Coping With Conflict
Managers’ and Supervisors’ Roles in Conflict Resolution
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Part II: Managing Human Resources
Chapter 5: Human Resource Management: The Foundation for an Effective Police Department
Introduction
Human Resource Systems
Affirmative Action and Police Departments
Recruitment
Police Selection or Hiring
Training: Preparing Officers for the Streets
Performance Appraisal
Improving Rater Performance
Sexual Harassment
Promotions
Risk Management
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 6: Officers’ Rights, Discipline, and Liability: A Legal and Policy-driven Framework
Introduction
Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights
Police Officers’ Constitutional Rights
Other Areas Where Police Behavior is Governed
The Need for Policies and Guidelines
When Complaints Arise: Nature and Investigation
Averting Problems: The Early Intervention System
Legal Considerations
The Cost of Failure: Civil Liability
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 7: Leadership Roles in Labor Relations: “Navigating the Waters” of Unionization
Introduction
A Brief History of Police Unions
Police Unions Today
Models of Collective Bargaining
Roles of Union Leaders and Management: Collaboration and Cooperation
Negotiating Contract Provisions
Concerns With Labor Contracts vis-à-vis Officer Accountability
Addressing Conflict: Grievances and Appeals
Summary
Key Terms and concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 8: Financial Administration: Prescription for Success
Introduction
Budget Upheaval in Some Agencies Since Mid-2020
First Things First: Enhancing Budgets and Financial Stewardship
The Budget
Budget Formats
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Part III: Managing the Work of Police
Notes
Chapter 9: Ethics and Accountability: Building a Culture of Integrity and Trust
Introduction
Ethics, Generally
Creating a Culture of Integrity
Inappropriate Police Behaviors
Random Acts of Kindness: The Hidden Side of Police Work
AI vis-a-vis Ethics and Accountability
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 10: Community Policing and Problem Solving: Addressing Crime and Disorder
Introduction
Threshold Challenges: Training and Implementation
Problem Solving Strategies
A Conundrum for The Ages: “Did It Work?”
AI vis-a-vis Community Policing and Problem Solving
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 11: Officer Wellness, Safety, and Stress Management: Identifying and Managing Harms
Introduction
Occupational Hazards of Policing
A Wellness and Safety Plan
Training Injuries: Need for Policy, Technology, and oversight
Why No OSHA Units in Policing?
What Federal Agencies and Task Forces are Doing
Recognizing and Managing Stress
What Happens When Another Pandemic Strikes?
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 12: Police Planning, Decision-Making, Productivity, and Control
Introduction
What is Planning?
Strategic Thinking and Planning
Participants in The Planning Process
A Comprehensive Police Planning Model
The Decision-Making Process in Police Organizations
Police Productivity Measurement
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Chapter 13: Managing Homeland Security and Critical Events
Introduction
What Constitues Terrorism
The Terrorist Threat
Radicalization: The Greatest Threat to America
Homeland Security at The Local Level
Critical Incidednts: an Introduction
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Part IV: In the Police Toolkit: Essentials for the Tasks
Chapter 14: Technologies for the Tasks: Tools for Today’s Police Leaders
Introduction
How Far We Have Come: Today’s Tools
Purpose
Provisions:
Preparing for a Future with Autonomous Vehicles
Sharing The Wealth: Interoperability
AI vis-a-vis Police Technology and Tools
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Chapter 15: Challenges for the Next Decade: Reassessing, Rethinking, Resetting
Introduction
People Considerations
Policy Considerations
Coping with the Mentally Ill Population
AI vis-a-vis Future Challenges
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Discussion Questions
Notes
Appendix A: Advice That has Stood The Test of Time: Some Practical Counsel
Appendix B: In-Basket Exercise

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2025
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Contemporary Issues in Policing • Introduction to Policing • Kenneth John Peak • Larry Gaines • Managing and Leading Today’s Police • Police • Police Administration • police & law enforcement • police management • policing • Ronald W. Glensor
• ISBN-10: 1-0719-7140-9 / 1071971409
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0719-7140-6 / 9781071971406