Transforming Police Leadership in the '90s

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad R. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Police Leadership ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Traditional Approaches

As society changes at a rapid pace it becomes apparent that government must respond and change as well. In light of the Rodney King “Incident” in Los Angeles in March, 1991, and its aftermath a year later, the need for change in law enforcement is very evident. Police organizations can no longer carry on with their traditional approaches to the delivery of police services. Before exterior changes can be made, however, police leaders need to closely examine how they manage their organizations. This paper examines where police leadership is today and suggests where it should be headed in the future. Called for is a “Transformation” away from a traditional authoritarian management style to a leadership model that builds an organizational culture based on values, ethics, and a partnership with employees.

HABITUAL ACTION DALAM KEPEMIMPINAN SPIRITUAL

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Basit
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Leadership Crisis ◽  
National Leaders ◽  
Deep Meaning ◽  
The University ◽  
Strategic Policies

Toward leadership crisis that crashed the nation of Indonesia, one of thefactors contributors come from universities, concerning Higher Education is anursery area of society and the national leaders. To overcome the crisis, it needed torepair the leadership models that are able to change and improve social and nationallife. The mandate of the university is shaping and sharpening thinking of thelecturers, students, and alumni to always siding, thinking and acting for the benefitand improvement of the surrounding communities. One alternative models ofleadership that are relevant to college is spiritual leadership.Spiritual leadership has been tested and researched by Louis W. Fry ( 2003)along with the comrades in the context of different organizations and the resultsshow the possibility of the application of this theoretical model for various types oforganizations. According to Fry spiritual leadership is the incorporation of thenecessary values, attitudes and behaviors to motivate intrinsically oneselves andothers to be such a way so that they have a sense of spiritual defense through the callof duty and membership.Spiritual leadership model is studied by the author in STAIN Purwokerto, asIslamic educational institutions which incidentally has been practicing spiritualvalues in their environment. The study was conducted using qualitative research andcase study approach.Spiritual leadership in STAIN Purwokerto is constructed based on threeimportant things: First, the existence of spiritual values that were held by leaders andserve as an ideology or belief to motivate himself and others. Spiritual values arevalues such are togetherness, belief or determination, and obeying the rules. Second,building tradition of spiritual leadership that is reflected in the actions taken byleaders in achieving the vision to be achieved by STAIN Purwokerto. The habitualprocess is done by sticking to spiritual values carried. Then it is implemented byissuing flagship programs supported by strategic policies carried out intensively sothat it becomes a regular agenda of the academic community and staff as well as toproduce a healthy organizational culture and quality. Third, organizational culture isfostered by building a dynamic atmosphere, full of family-like-feeling, cooperation,open and respectful in terms of spiritual, intellectual and professional. The efforts aremade from simple things and daily life by providing deep meaning so that it can beused as a driver towards the direction of progress .

Do New Chiefs Mean Fresh Perspectives? The Institutionalization of the Police Executive Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 009385482110067
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Matusiak
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multivariate Methods ◽  
Environmental Perceptions ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Law Enforcement Agency ◽  
Time Periods

Research suggests policing is a highly institutionalized field. Limited attention has been paid, however, to the institutionalization of leaders’ views. Assessing turnover in 71 Texas police organizations between October, 2011, and July, 2015, this research evaluates whether there is consistency (i.e., institutional homogenization) after turnover in chiefs’ perceptions of their environments and agency priorities. The research is unique in that it assesses two chiefs’ perceptions that have both led the same law enforcement agency in successive time periods. Assessments of environment and priorities from former chiefs and those replacing them are evaluated utilizing descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods. These assessments are also compared with a control group of chiefs from agencies not experiencing turnover. Bivariate results suggest little variation across current and former chiefs, whereas ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models suggest differing relationships across chiefs groups between environmental perceptions and agency priorities. Discussion of the findings is framed by institutional theory.

scholarly journals Law enforcement agencies’ approach to de-escalation: Incorporating a social services perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Lisa Deveau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Canadian Law

In this critical review and social innovation narrative, we analyze the literature regarding Canadian law enforcement agencies’ approach to de-escalation and crisis intervention. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we consider how the skills and values of social work can be used to inform and train officers on essential skills such as de-escalation and conflict resolution. We look at the systemic barriers to bringing about change within Canadian police forces as the current culture continues to be influenced by colonization and law enforcement continues to value and endorse use of force over de-escalation. While services can benefit by applying an interdisciplinary lens when training officers, the factors that impede this union and collaboration are discussed and explored as police services are given immense discretion in how they train and respond to mental health crises. In conclusion, we examine the government’s role in perpetuating these issues.

Combating Human Trafficking

2015 ◽  
pp. 286-302
Author(s):  
Michael Pittaro
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Police Leadership ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
The World ◽  
Trafficking Victims

Human trafficking is one of the fastest and continuously evolving transnational crimes of this century, preceded only slightly by gun and drug trafficking; yet it is projected that human trafficking will soon surpass both unless government and nongovernmental officials throughout the world take immediate, collaborative action to deter and punish traffickers and educate and protect prospective trafficking victims. For that reason, combating human trafficking requires ongoing national and international communication, cooperation, and collaboration, particularly amongst law enforcement leadership across the globe. Only then will law enforcement be able to limit the ability of traffickers to operate freely and help prevent future victims from being trafficked. The primary purpose of drawing international attention to this chapter is in illuminating the challenges of police leadership in combating incidents of transnational human trafficking as well as to propose plausible to assist and support future global leadership and collaboration within and across police agencies.

Combating Human Trafficking

2019 ◽  
pp. 880-897
Author(s):  
Michael Pittaro
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Police Leadership ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
The World ◽  
Trafficking Victims

Human trafficking is one of the fastest and continuously evolving transnational crimes of this century, preceded only slightly by gun and drug trafficking; yet it is projected that human trafficking will soon surpass both unless government and nongovernmental officials throughout the world take immediate, collaborative action to deter and punish traffickers and educate and protect prospective trafficking victims. For that reason, combating human trafficking requires ongoing national and international communication, cooperation, and collaboration, particularly amongst law enforcement leadership across the globe. Only then will law enforcement be able to limit the ability of traffickers to operate freely and help prevent future victims from being trafficked. The primary purpose of drawing international attention to this chapter is in illuminating the challenges of police leadership in combating incidents of transnational human trafficking as well as to propose plausible to assist and support future global leadership and collaboration within and across police agencies.

Genetic Algorithms: A 30-Year Perspective

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth De Jong
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Ann Arbor ◽  
Robust Adaptive ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The University ◽  
Traditional Approaches

I continue to be surprised and pleased by the dramatic growth of interest in and applications of genetic algorithms (GAs) in recent years. This growth, in turn, has placed a certain amount of healthy "stress" on the field as current understanding and traditional approaches are stretched to the limit by challenging new problems and new areas of application. At the same time, other forms of evolutionary computation such as evolution strategies [50] and evolutionary programming [22], continue to mature and provide alternative views on how the process of evolution might be captured in an efficient and useful computational framework. I don't think there can be much disagreement about the fact that Holland's initial ideas for adaptive system design have played a fundamental role in the progress we have made in the past thirty years [23, 46]. So, an occasion like this is an opportunity to reflect on where the field is now, how it got there, and where it is headed. In the following sections, I will attempt to summarize the progress that has been made, and to identify critical issues that need to be addressed for continued progress in the field. The widespread availability of inexpensive digital computers in the 1960s gave rise to their increased use as a modeling and simulation tool by the scientific community. Several groups around the world including Rechenberg and Schwefel at the Technical University of Berlin [49], Fogel et al. at the University of California at Los Angeles [22], and Holland at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor [35] were captivated by the potential of taking early simulation models of evolution a step further and harnessing these evolutionary processes in computational forms that could be used for complex computer-based problem solving. In Holland's case, the motivation was the design and implementation of robust adaptive systems, capable of dealing with an uncertain and changing environment. His view emphasized the need for systems which self-adapt over time as a function of feedback obtained from interacting with the environment in which they operate. This led to an initial family of "reproductive plans" which formed the basis for what we call "simple genetic algorithms" today, as outlined in figure 1.

Lemas: A Comparative Organizational Research Platform

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Langworthy
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Research Platform ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Enforcement Management

The Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey is a comparative organizational research platform from which studies of police organizational structures can be launched. This article briefly describes the survey and its origin, discusses its capacity to provide measures of organizational dimensions, and considers how the survey results can best be used to increase our understanding of police organizations.

Cinema’s Municipalities

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-82
Author(s):  
Noah Tsika
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
National Model ◽  
Municipal Police ◽  
The One

This chapter considers the growing sophistication of collaborations between Hollywood and particular police forces during cinema’s first decades, showing how the locations of the emerging film industry—municipalities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles—decisively shaped that industry’s relationship to law enforcement. Representing a deliberate departure from the one- and two-reel films that had lampooned the police through slapstick and other farcical gestures, certain feature films also augured industrial trends that would run far deeper than onscreen depictions, involving law enforcement officials as more than just objects of narrative fascination. The national promotion of such films illustrates more than just the emergence of standardized, studio-dictated distribution and exhibition policies. It also indicates the coalescence of a national model of law enforcement that, like the strategies of circulation and ballyhoo determined at a studio’s corporate headquarters, experienced at least some degree of alteration at the local level, where municipal police departments, neighborhood cinemas, and other small businesses shaped, in idiosyncratic and often unpredictable ways, both professional methods and popular reception practices.

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