Police CEOs and subordinates’ perceptions of workplace misconduct

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Maskaly ◽  
Christopher M. Donner ◽  
Lorie Fridell
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Police Misconduct ◽  
Police Chief ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Police Deviance ◽  
National Police

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether homophily – whereby people are influenced by those perceived as similar to themselves – affects attitudes toward police misconduct. Specifically, whether demographic dissimilarity between police chief executive law enforcement officers (CEOs) and subordinates is related to differences in perceptions of misconduct. Design/methodology/approach The data for this research are drawn from the National Police Research Platform. Multilevel mixed-effects regression modeling is used to analyze data from 78 randomly selected US police agencies (78 law enforcement CEOs and 10,709 officers from those agencies). Findings The main finding is that demographic dissimilarity between the CEO and subordinates is associated with differences in attitudes about police deviance, net of other factors. Practical implications The results exemplify the need to diversify police agencies at all levels, not just the lower ranks. Because employees were found to be more similar to those one step (up or down) from one another on the organizational hierarchy, diversifying at all levels of the police organizations will help to reduce the social distance between those in closer ranks, which could ameliorate the dissimilarity effect. Likewise, police agencies may need to adopt new management strategies to compensate for a diversifying workforce. Originality/value This study builds on previous research and investigates an understudied topic in the policing literature by assessing the extent to which dissimilarity is related to attitudinal congruence about workplace deviance in police organizations.

Policing in the COVID-19 pandemic: are rural police organizations immune?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Mrozla
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Health Tracking ◽  
Rural Police ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study examined how rural police agencies have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from various sources, this study first analyzed what factors influenced agency preparedness to respond to pandemics. Second, it examined how the pandemic influenced specific organizational practices.FindingsFindings revealed that as coronavirus infections increased in counties, supervisors were more likely be tasked with inspecting personal protective equipment (PPE), agencies were more likely to offer pandemic related training, health tracking of officers was more likely to occur and agencies were more likely to encounter a shortage of officers. In addition, as rurality increased, agencies were more likely to offer training but less likely to experience officers contracting COVID-19 and an officer shortage. Lastly, as the rurality of the county in which the agency resides increased, the ability to supply PPE decreased.Practical implicationsBased on these findings, it is imperative that rural police agencies give attention to risk management and the formulation of policy to prepare for public health emergencies.Originality/valueWhile knowledge about how large police agencies in the United States have responded during the coronavirus pandemic is building, little is known about rural policing during pandemics.

Police culture: individual and organizational differences in police officer perspectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Cordner
Keyword(s):  
Police Department ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Police Culture ◽  
Significant Extent ◽  
Employee Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Organizational Differences ◽  
Problematic Feature

Purpose Much of the commentary about police culture treats it as a monolithic and problematic feature of the police occupation that inhibits change and progress. The purpose of this paper is to draw on surveys completed by over 13,000 sworn police to describe officers’ occupational outlooks and explore the extent to which they vary across individuals and police agencies. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws upon employee survey data from 89 US police and sheriff departments collected in 2014-2015 to examine police culture through officers’ views of the community, police work, and police administration and to explore the extent to which these beliefs and opinions are affected by personal characteristics and organizational affiliation. Findings Results indicate that officers’ perspectives are more positive than might be expected and do not vary greatly by officer personal characteristics. They differ more substantially across police agencies. This suggests that police culture is to a significant extent an organizational phenomenon, not simply an occupational one. Originality/value Examining the views and perspectives of over 13,000 sworn police employed in 89 different police organizations provides a more representative and generalizable picture of police culture than previous studies that typically analyzed officers in only one police department.

Noor Dubai Foundation: managing blindness in developing countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Linzi J. Kemp ◽  
Immanuel A. Moonesar ◽  
Shurooq Al Banna
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Logistics Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Educational Issues ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

TitleNoor Dubai Foundation: managing blindness in developing countriesSubject areaBusiness, management.Study level/applicabilityThis case is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying topics related to human resources, decision making, managing in multinational companies and crisis management. In addition, the case is useful study for practitioners in non‐governmental organizations (NGO).Case overviewDr Manal Taryam, the Chief Executive Officer, was discussing with Ms Shurooq Al Banna, Marketing Specialist, the achievements and challenges faced at Noor Dubai over the past three years. Noor Dubai is an international charity for the prevention and treatment of blindness. The problem facing these decision makers is the prioritization of their resources to support logistics management, operations, human resources, funding and educational issues. In addition, to meet the needs of the visually impaired, a long‐term mission is to establish permanent eye centers in areas of most need.Expected learning outcomesStudents will be able to: Describe the problems facing Noor Dubai in relation to logistics management, operations, human resources, funding and educational issues. Explain how the management strategies of Noor Dubai prioritize logistics management, operations, human resources, funding and education.Supplementary materialsTeaching notes.

Organizational justice and officer “buy in” in American policing

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Rosenbaum ◽  
William P. McCarty
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Municipal Police

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the dimensions of organizational justice in police organizations and evaluate how they contribute to organizational commitment, job satisfaction and compliance with agency rules. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 15,236 sworn officers from a national sample of 88 agencies was used, as well as other agency- and community-level variables. Multi-level models assessed how four dimensions of organizational justice affected these outcomes. Findings More favorable perceptions of organizational justice were strongly related to increased commitment to the organization, job satisfaction and compliance with agency rules. Perceptions of organization-wide justice, leadership justice and diversity justice were especially important in predicting those outcome measures. Research limitations/implications While the sample of agencies was broad and diverse, it should not be considered representative of smaller municipal police departments and sheriff’s offices in the USA. Practical implications The findings suggest that “buy in” to reforms and police compliance with rules is much more likely when supervisors and leaders are fair, respectful, give officers input, provide growth opportunities and show concern for officers’ welfare. As such, agencies would benefit from leadership and leadership training that values the core principals of organizational justice. Originality/value The study provides clarity about how organizational justice is perceived by police officers, including women and officers of color, and provides an unprecedented test of organizational justice theory in diverse police agencies.

scholarly journals Kebijakan Kepolisian Sektor Pemayung dalam Penyelesaian Tindak Pidana Penganiayaan Secara Restoratife Justice

Wajah Hukum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 592
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zulfikar
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Police Chief ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Police Report ◽  
The Republic ◽  
National Police

Efforts to overcome crime through peace based on Restorative Justice, namely justice for all parties are greatly missed by everyone. In carrying out law enforcement duties, the State Police Investigator of the Republic of Indonesia has the duties, functions, and authorities in the field of investigating criminal acts in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. Based on the Regulation of the National Police Chief Number .6 of 2019 concerning Criminal Investigation, it has a role to carry out prevention efforts without having to use the Criminal Justice System (SPP), namely by resolving cases through the peace process. This process is due to the desire of the community who wants the case to be completed immediately and no longer be complicated. The resolution can be supported by the police's discretionary authority so that the type of research is descriptive empirical juridical, using primary data by means of interviews and secondary data by means of documentation studies. Then all data were processed using qualitative data analysis. Based on the research results, the Pemayung Police Sector policy is to settle criminal cases peacefully (penal police), or through the settlement of criminal cases involving the perpetrator, victim and/or their family and related parties, with the aim of achieving justice for all parties/restorative justice can be carried out, if it does not cause public unrest or there is no community rejection, it will not have an impact on social conflict and the case is still in the process of investigation and investigation. So that it can be directed to a settlement by conducting mediation to the parties, both the victim and the suspect. From the results of the mediation, it was agreed by the parties, both from the reporting party and the reported party as a suspect, admitting all his actions. And from the results of the mediation there was an agreement with the parties (victim and suspect) and a letter of peace was made and the revocation of the Police Report by the victim but after that, the victim came and asked again for the case to be continued, the investigator explained that the agreement had become an agreement of both parties and was binding and the investigation has been discontinued.

Police infighting may undermine Colombian security

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Police Force ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Police Chief ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
National Police

Subject Crisis within the Colombian police force. Significance On April 11, former police Captain Anyelo Palacios was fired following claims that during his time as a cadet, he fell victim to a prostitution ring run by a former national police chief, General Rodolfo Palomino. Those allegations saw Palomino resign on February 17. These are the latest developments in a series of scandals that have damaged the reputation of the Colombia National Police (PNC) and exacerbated infighting, threatening to undermine the force's capacity to deal with security threats at a key time ahead of peace agreements with the guerrillas. Impacts Any radical initiatives to reform the PNC or address properly the main issues at hand are unlikely. While the PNC will probably introduce anti-corruption measures, corruption will continue, particularly outside urban centres. The PNC's efforts to dismantle criminal organisations will be widely publicised to regain public confidence. However, low morale may harm the PNC's efficacy and scandals could affect applicant numbers.

Law will lag international cryptocurrency crime

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Privacy And Anonymity ◽  
Peak Value ◽  
Cyber Criminals

Subject Cryptocurrencies and crime. Significance Initial hearings started in Tokyo yesterday in the embezzlement trial of the former chief executive of Mt. Gox, the bankrupt Japan-based bitcoin exchange that imploded in 2014 after losing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of the cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies have increased greatly in popularity in recent years, reaching a peak value of 115 billion dollars in June, according to Coinmarketcap.com, which tracks more than 900 of them, as interest in the potential of cryptocurrencies' enabling blockchain technology has soared. Yet it is not just legitimate sectors that look to cryptocurrencies: both cybercriminals and traditional criminals are turning to them. Impacts Governments will seek to regulate cryptocurrencies. Cyber criminals will inevitably choose cryptocurrencies that provide robust privacy and anonymity assurances. Law enforcement could still disrupt criminal activities by injecting mistrust into criminal platforms.

Implementation of investigation by the Indonesian national police in eradicating corruption crime

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armunanto Hutahaean ◽  
Erlyn Indarti
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Investigation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Paradigmatic Analysis ◽  
National Police ◽  
Preliminary Phase ◽  
Full Investigation

Purpose This paper aims to study the Integrated Criminal Justice System; the law enforcement carried out by the Indonesian National Police is expected to be able to realize legal values, namely, legal justice, expediency and certainty. Design/methodology/approach This research can broadly be grouped into the realm of the socio-legal research approach. The domain of law enforcement in corruption cases is related to the preliminary investigation and full investigation process. The research location chosen is at Indonesian National Police Headquarter (Mabes Polri) and Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police. The main data sources are stakeholders who are related and have the authority as preliminary phase investigators and full phase investigators. The next informants are determined by snowball technique, which consists of several informants as follows: Director of Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police, head of Corruption Crime Sub-Directorate of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police, investigators of Corruption Crime Sub-Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police, members of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), constitutional law experts and police experts. The data in this research are obtained through observation activities, visual interviews, document interpretation (text) and material and personal experience. Findings The corruption cases handled by the Indonesian National Police have mostly come from information reports from the public. Based on the information report from the community, the preliminary investigation phase is carried out by the preliminary phase investigator of the Indonesian National Police in the field. In addition, a preliminary investigation and full investigation is carried out due to the results of an audit from the BPK or BPKP. Preliminary investigation and full investigation begin after it is alleged that a criminal act of corruption had occurred based on the report, complaints and information received by the preliminary phase investigator or full phase investigator from the community. In conducting the preliminary investigation and full investigation of corruption cases, based on the results of the research conducted, it is also found that the Indonesian National Police’s preliminary phase investigator and full phase investigator experience several obstacles, besides supporting factors that support the success of a preliminary investigation and full investigation. Originality/value This research is a case study in which no previous studies have used the same method in Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police (Polda Metro Jaya). This paper is the result of the researcher’s research on what is described above, guided by the constructivism paradigm, the researcher applies the paradigmatic analysis to understand how the preliminary investigation and full investigation on corruption crimes by Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police act as part of an integrated criminal justice system. Through the paradigmatic analysis, the researcher then reveals how while upholding the law, the Indonesian National Police actually sought to realize legal justice, expediency and certainty.

The legacy of LEMAS

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 630-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Matusiak ◽  
Bradley A. Campbell ◽  
William R. King
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Justice Statistics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Law Enforcement Management

Purpose – Since 1987, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has periodically collected data from police agencies in the USA and disseminated these data as the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) series. The purpose of this paper is to outline LEMAS's impact on criminal justice scholarship by describing the nexus between policing scholarship and LEMAS, and by analyzing the LEMAS constructs and variables used by researchers in refereed journal articles. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic review of the literature is undertaken to better comprehend how scholars use LEMAS variables and constructs. In total, 114 peer-reviewed journal articles were analyzed to parcel out variables and constructs derived from LEMAS data. Findings – The paper's analysis reveals that LEMAS is the second-most used BJS data series and the majority of authors use LEMAS to measure elements of organizational structure but not organizational behaviors, outcomes, or outputs. Originality/value – The study is the first to systematically identify all peer-reviewed journal articles that utilize LEMAS data. Police organizational research is unique in the fact that most authors agree on the operationalization of variables and constructs.

Effective management of serious police misconduct: a machine learning analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Cubitt
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Police Misconduct ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Accepted Practice ◽  
Resolution Processes ◽  
Learning Analysis

There are a range of management strategies available to police agencies to prevent serious misconduct. While many of these strategies are well accepted practice, there is limited empirical evidence demonstrating their effectiveness. This study uses partial dependence plots to explore management strategies which have been identified as either increasing or decreasing risk of serious police misconduct. These include the provision of awards or complimentary remarks to officers, remedial action resulting from sustained complaints, and transfers between workplaces. Expedient and opportune complaint resolution processes at a local level, positive behavioural reinforcement, and having a diverse range of career opportunities help prevent serious misconduct by police officers.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document