Managing Police Resources

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This paper explains that the typical police department, the avowed protector and promoter of public welfare, is equipped with appropriate equipment, policies and personnel to pursue this function; but these inputs require an ethical culture. The author points out that the major concerns of an effective police department resource manager today are the recent adoption of community-oriented policing, which shifted authority from supervisors to the individual police officer; illicit-drug-related corruption; problems with decentralization and the inherent police culture, which puts greater value on loyalty over integrity. The paper stresses that the community needs trustworthy, competent, fair and objective police officers and that only a department with a healthy ethical environment can fill those needs.

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"The Office of the Chief of Police is typically composed of five units, namely, administration, research and evaluation, professional standards, professional development and budget and personnel. He manages the department and performs administrative functions, including planning, policy development, resource allocation, public relations, and liaison with other departments and other law enforcement agencies. His department conducts work measurement, statistical analyses and other management-related research and analytical tasks. In the process, it provides information about the department's activities and operations and monitors compliance with accreditation requirements. It also maintains an information systems unit that inputs police reports and other documents into the computer system and the department's office network of data and applications."

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