Proactive Police Management - Couverture rigide

Based upon the authors' extensive experience in policing, and management, this introduction to the day-to-day rigors of a police department stresses that management is only effective if it is based upon a combination of both theory and practice. Using a proactive rather than a reactive approach, it stresses that police managers anticipate events through planning, use police personnel and resources effectively, and deliver a whole range of police services to the community. KEY TOPICS: This comprehensive book covers police culture, police organizations, operating principles, proactive police leadership, communication and information management, 21st century technology, community policing, basic line functions, administrative functions, human resource management, training policies, proactive planning, collective bargaining, and the future of proactive police management. MARKET: A useful reference for police managers and others in law enforcement.

Our approach to police organizational management is proactive rather than reactive. With police managers anticipating events through planning, using police personnel and resources effectively, and delivering a whole range of police services to the community.

• All chapters have been updated
• Chapter on Community Policing has been expanded
• A section on global crime and global policing has been added
• Chapter on proactive planning has added recommendations on how to organize for emergency mobilizations
• A section of controlling police deviance and violence
• Police Communication is now two chapters because of the increased importance of technology
• Police Leadership Chapter now includes a section on leadership in chaos
• An overview on women police executives has been added