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Police executives face the consequences of mental and tactical mistakes made by police officers during difficult events. Accurate judgment and effective decision making by police officers under stress...
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Building commitment for change is fundamental to successfully implementing change, but all too often it's a process that is ignored. In a time when changes due to technology, community expectations, w...
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Successful police executives are driving organizational change through strategic management-an ongoing process that seeks opportunities to enhance operational efficiencies by identifying internal issu...
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Many law enforcement agencies have long had policies or regulations regarding grooming standards for police officers. These agencies have argued that strict grooming standards are necessary to ensure ...
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No two employees have the same ability or desire to do a given task. This finding was emphasized in the research on situational leadership conducted by Hershey and Blanchard several years ago as relat...
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In today’s mass-market media-driven society, it is becoming difficult to define ourselves before someone else does it for us. This is true for everything from laundry detergent to automobiles, a...
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Two years ago, the Washington State Patrol's disciplinary process, according to some employees and their unions, was punitive and vindictive, lacked empathy, and seemed designed to "get" employees rat...
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The special focus of this issue of the Police Chief is workplace violence in police departments. This article is designed to show you how to reduce the potential of it in your department. What Is Work...
