S. Department of Justice repeatedly emphasizes the duty of law enforcement agents to respect the value and dignity of every person, including criminal citizens and the Department of Justice has emphasized this message, and has entered into consent decrees with cities stemming from allegations of patterns of police abuse of authority (Martinelli, 2006)
Chapter 5: Organizational Theory As police agencies contemplate adopting the community-policing philosophy, they must also be concerned about organizational change. More importantly, they must be concerned about the resistance to the organizational change (Dobbin, 1994)
The political aspects of police administration frequently lead to problems in effective law enforcement. National policing is a highly controversial and very important aspect of governance, and its relation to politics is both close and complex (Driscoll, 1915)
The public must also support the innovation. If the public is permitted some input, they tend to be supportive The concept of division of labor is relevant to police administration; since large departments are divided into special units each unit handling certain issues within the department (Edersheim, 2007)
These goals may be influenced by the community, the organization, and by the individual. To measure the effectiveness of the department, the police rely upon statistics such as the Uniform Crime Report and victimization surveys (Gaines & Worrall, 2011)
This increased the officer's ability to use discretion and imagination. The officer could use alternative methods in attempting to solve the community's problems (Maguire, 2003)
Police Administration; Structures, Processes, And Behaviors 8th Edition The Evolution of Police Administration Over the centuries, police administration has evolved in several important respects including how police have been organized and what they considered their core strategy for providing value to the communities they serve (Perry, 2001)
Chapter 2: Policing Today The police forces have greatly evolved from the past generation dealing with petty crimes to present force dealing with murderers, rapists as well as white-collar criminals. The ancient police never devoted their time and resources in investigating crimes committed or apprehension of persons alleged to have committed serious crimes (Schmalleger & Worrall, 2010)
Politics were found throughout the police organization. Many individuals became police officers by way of the patronage system (Swanson, Territo, & Taylor, 2011)
It is not a new phenomenon. The Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States was one of fourteen documents published by the historic Wickersham Commission in 1931 (Vernon, 1999)
In addition, Homeland Security's production of domestic intelligence has increased substantially over the last few years. The several intelligence reports and products are a representation of the agency's full breadth analytical capabilities (White, 2011)