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Mentoring is a mutually beneficial relationship in which a knowledgeable and skilled veteran officer (a mentor) provides insight, guidance, and developmental opportunities to a lesser-skilled and expe...
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Special events are important to local governments for many reasons, including the public enjoyment and sense of community they provide as well as the revenue they generate. Effective security, a criti...
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To successfully navigate the professional and political landscape, new police chiefs require a detailed map, a quality compass, and often a seasoned guide to help them reach their destination: a long,...
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The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) is no stranger to having planned for and responded to major events. Miami has experienced hurricanes, aircraft disasters, and organized demonstrations; prepared...
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Smaller cities are constantly being challenged by fiscal setbacks, such as the loss of sales tax revenue, losses of population that affect several revenue streams, reductions in grant funding, unfunde...
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The Scottsdale Police department’s strategic planning initiative was designed to create a long-range plan that would identify the organization’s priorities and be the foundation for the organizati...
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Particularly in a hierarchical system such as law enforcement, competent leaders are critical. This article integrates the twin perspectives of police and management psychology2 and applies these pers...
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Police management studies from the 1950s through the 1980s featured the span of control concept. However, as policing started to move organizationally from a tall hierarchy to a more flattened organiz...
