Description
Good police officers are often promoted to supervisory positions with little or none of the training it takes to be a good manager. An understanding of group behaviors and organizational dynamics is necessary to grasp the fundamentals of managing police officers. The Effective Police Supervision Study Guide coordinates with the core text used in many college-level classes and police departments to teach supervisory practices in criminal justice. This study guide prepares both students and professionals for academic or promotional exams, offering them an opportunity to fully review the material so that they are well-prepared for testing.
This new edition, like the new edition of the textbook it accompanies, includes information on the following topics: police accountability, police involvement with news media, the challenges of dealing with social media, updates on legal considerations, and ways to respond to current issues facing law enforcement with COVID-19 and managing protests.
Table of Contents
A Note to The Student
1. Supervision—The Management Task
2. Community-Oriented Policing and Problem Solving—Improving Neighborhood Quality of Life
3. Interpersonal Communications—Striving for Effectiveness
4. Motivation—A Prerequisite for Success
5. Leadership—The Integrative Variable
6. Team Building—Maximizing the Group Process
7. Change—Coping with Organizational Life
8. Performance Appraisal—The Key To
Police Personnel Development
9. Training, Coaching, Counseling, And Mentoring—Helping Officers Grow and Develop
10. Discipline—An Essential Element
Of Police Supervision
11. Internal Discipline—A System Of
Accountability
12. Supervising the Difficult Employee—Special Considerations
13. Supervising Minorities—Respecting Individual
And Cultural Differences
14. Tactical Operations—Critical
Incident Deployment
15. Labor Relations—Problem Solving
Through Constructive Conflict
16. Homeland Security and Terrorism—A
Changing Role
Answer Key to Objective Questions
