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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...
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By 2003 the number of people applying for a position with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had dropped by 75 percent in five years. During the period 1993–1997, the OPP received 20,000 applicatio...
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In early summer 2000 the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission in conjunction with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs'...
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Sick leave is an essential benefit in the employee's compensation package. It allows an employee who cannot work due to sickness or accidental injury to continue receiving his or her salary uninterrup...
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Steps taken to build relationships inside the police agency and between the police and the community in the first year can make or break a new chief's career in the community. For this reason, the IAC...
