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Police Organization and Management
Chapter #6
Police Mission in U.S.
1. enforce / support _____ 2. investigate _____ 3. apprehend _____
4. _____ crime 5. ensure ___________
6. provide community with _____
Enforcing law
_____% - _____% of all calls to police require a police response
Police must respond regardless
Crime prevention
Proactive 1.
2.
3. Prevention based
on _____
Crime prevention
Compstat: crime analysis & police
management based upon crime
mapping ________ + ________
+ __________ = reduction or lower risk
Quality of life issues
Broken window theoryWeed-and-seed programs
Police services
911 – emergency calls311 – non-emergency calls
Preventive patrol
Uniformed officers on street:
1. 2. 3.
4. psychological feeling of safety
Routine response
2nd most important function
Response time: from dispatch
to arrival
Emergency response
Critical incidencesHuman life in jeopardy
Crime scene
Physical area where a crime is __________& __________
Crime scene response
1. determine whether a crime’s been committed
2. initiate enforcement action
3. gather evidence 4. forensic
specialists
Problem solving
SARA – scanning / analysis / respond / assess
Support services
Dispatch / training / property control / records / evidence
Police management
_____ / _____ / coordinating __________
Police Organization and Structure
Line Operations Field activities or
supervisory activities directly related to day-to-day police work
Staff Operations Include support
roles, such as administration
Most police organization is structured along lines of authority.
Chain of command
Unbroken line of authority that ________________________
Span-of-control
__________ a ranked officer supervises
Historical Eras in American Policing
Styles of policing
Watchman style
Maintain _____ Control _____
behavior Consider using
______ Inner city style
Urban areas
Legalistic style
Enforce the law
Ignore quality of life issues
Service style
Try to meet community needs
Helping as opposed to arresting
Team policing
Assign officers to fixed districts
Get to know the community
Community policing
Police-Community Relations
1. store front police 2. neighborhood
watch 3. Project ID
4. Youth fingerprinting
At least 1 of 4 of the following
1. community-based crime prevention
2. re-orient police to non-emergency
service 3. increase police
accountability 4. decentralized
command
Strategic policing
Attacks organized crime:
Problem oriented
Use social _____ to attack social ______
Critique of Community Policing
Some criticize community policing, citing problems such as:
Too abstract of a concept Hard-to-measure success Difficult to conceptualize and quantify “citizen success” Not readily accepted by all police officers or managers Difficulty coming to a consensus with regard to what’s considered a “community problem”
Impact of terrorism
1. increased federal aid to ______ 2. re-define ______
3. re-direct patrol to _____ 4. creation of _____
5. protect people 6. new technology
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Approach
IACP announced its Taking Command Initiative in2004. They identified five key principles behindan effective homeland security policy.
1. Homeland security proposals must be developed in local context.
2. Prevention is a key part of any strategy.3. State and local law enforcement can help identify,
investigate, and apprehend terrorist suspects.4. Strategies must be coordinated nationally, not
federally.5. There cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach considering
the vast diversity among state and local law enforcement and public safety agencies.
Intelligence-led policing
Use of intelligence to fight terrorism
Criminal intelligence – info compiled / analyzed
/ disseminated in order to anticipate / prevent / monitor criminal activity
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Approach
IACP announced its Taking Command Initiative in2004. They identified five key principles behindan effective homeland security policy.
1. Homeland security proposals must be developed in local context.
2. Prevention is a key part of any strategy.3. State and local law enforcement can help identify,
investigate, and apprehend terrorist suspects.4. Strategies must be coordinated nationally, not
federally.5. There cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach considering
the vast diversity among state and local law enforcement and public safety agencies.
MATRIX – multi-state anti-terrorism information exchange
Exchange of sensitive info b/wfederal / state / local
Boundary-less policing
Discretion = choice
Basis of what a police officer does
discretion
Influences: 1. officer’s _____
2. suspect’s _____ 3. department _____
4. _____ interest 5. pressure from
_____ 6. disagreement with
_____
Police ethics / accreditation
Adhere to the moral duty /
obligation that is inherent in police
work
National standards that include
ethical behavior
Education / training
http://www.mpoetc.state.pa.us/mpotrs/site/default.asp
Selection process
1. written test 2. oral test 3. personal
interview 4. physical agility
test 5. medical exam 6. drug testing
7. psychological test
Percentage of Local Police Departments Using Various Recruit-Screening Methods, (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000)
Ethnic & gender diversity
2000 – _____% of officers were non-
Caucasian
Females ___% - all police
jobs ___% - minority
females ___% - top
command ___% - supervisors ___% - line officers