Human Resource Management Chapter 9 Charles R. Swanson, Leonard Territo, and Robert W. Taylor Police...

Human Resource ManagementHuman Resource Management

Chapter 9

Charles R. Swanson, Leonard Territo,and Robert W. Taylor

Police Administration:Police Administration:Structures, Processes, and BehaviorStructures, Processes, and Behavior

(Eighth Edition)(Eighth Edition)

Police Administration (8th Edition)Swanson, Territo, and Taylor

© 2012 by Pearson Higher Education, IncUpper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 • All Rights Reserved

• Small Jurisdictions– City/County’s central personnel office

• Large Jurisdictions– HR division– Administrative, Personnel, Training Divisions

Location of Human Resource Services



Functions of a Police HR Unit

• Comply with POST requirements and guidelines

• Maintain currency with federal job discrimination laws

• Develop agency HR policies

• Recruit/select personnel

• Monitor turnover, retention, diversity

• Provide/contract psychological services

• Develop/arrange for training

• Conduct special studies

• Administer benefits programs

• Prepare payroll

• Direct labor relations

• Coordinate random drug screening

• Administer promotional testing



Functions of a Police HR Unit

• Manage intern programs

• Advise commanders on personnel matters

• Coordinate employee evaluation process

• Organize promotion and awards ceremonies

• Coordinate off-duty work

• Direct Professional Standards/Internal Affairs efforts

• Act as personnel records custodian

• Prepare content for agency’s website

• Conduct job exit interviews

• Serve as liaison to central personnel office



• Forbids age discrimination in any aspect of employment for those age 40+

• Law Enforcement Exemption Provision

Age Discrimination in Employment Act



Quid Pro Quo

Hostile Environment

Categories of Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassme

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Sexual Harassme

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• Establishes national minimum wage, work hours, overtime pay, child labor, and required record-keeping standards

The Fair Labor Standards Act

Exempt Nonexemptvs.



• Provisions help employees balance their career and family needs

The Family Medical Leave Act

Medical workMedical work

Care of immediate

family member

Care of immediate

family member

Placement of

adopted or foster child with employee

Placement of

adopted or foster child with employee

Birth and care of

newborn child

Birth and care of

newborn child



Police Applicants and the Economy

Good Economy

Down Cycle

vs.



The Police Applicant Screening Model



• The Silent Generation

• The Baby Boomers

• Generation X

• Generation Y/Millenniums

• Generation Z

Generations and Recruiting



• Recruiting officer’s family– Family information packages– Job opportunities for spouses– Day care centers

• Elevated police recruiting tools– Signing bonuses– Relocation reimbursement– Stipends– Interest-free home loans– Increased retirement systems

New Recruiting in Policing



Early Identification and Intervention Systems



Transfer/Reassignment

Transfer/Reassignment

SuspensionWithout PaySuspensionWithout Pay DemotionDemotion

Loss of PromotionalOpportunity

Loss of PromotionalOpportunity

• Progressive Discipline

Discipline (disciplina, discipulus, discere)

Monetary Fine

Monetary Fine

Oral Reprimand

Oral Reprimand

Verbal Counseling

Verbal Counseling

WrittenReprimand

WrittenReprimand



The Discipline Matrix



Mitigating and Aggravating Circumstances



Meaningful Performance Appraisals

Requirements



Meaningful Performance Appraisals

Purposes



• First used in WWI

• Exercises and job simulations designed to elicit behaviors found to be important to job success

Assessment Centers



Assessment Centers



Assessment Centers



Assessment Centers



Promotional Rosters



• Law enforcement officers often arrive at retirement unprepared

• Departments should provide retirement counseling at different stages of their career

• Loss of professional identity

Retirement Counseling

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