Chap 3 Flashcards
What are the 3 primary goals of any police department?
1) protecting life
2) protecting property
3) maintaining order
What is the purpose of a mission statement?
express most important values to “focus on the purpose of the organization, to call attention to what is important, and to set organizational goals and to align practices and value
What the objectives for police agencies (7)?
1) prevent crime
2) solving crime
3) making public spaces safe and orderly
4) making people feel safe
5) providing quality services
6) Using force and authority fairly and effectively
7) using resources fairly and efficiently
Aside from efficiency and effectiveness, what are 4 other values that are important?
legality
equity
accountability
transparency
What is the Systems Approach
making the component parts and the agency as a whole work most effectively requires an approach that recognizes the organization as a system and focuses on continuous improvement
What are the 3 primary characteristics of a system?
1) comprised of subsystems that may be looked upon as systems themselves
2) made up of factors that interact and/or are interdependent
3) established for the purpose of meeting specific goals and objectives
What is the essential to the proper functioning of any system?
Feedback
What is the difference between a closed-loop system and an open-loop system?
Open-loop - no provision is made for feedback
Which system is in contact with the environment? Closed or open loop
Open.
Closed is not influenced by the environment
Is the police dept an open or closed loop system?
open
What are the 3 different perspectives that police organization subsystems can be studied?
1) traditional, structural perspective
2) human perspective
3) strategic management perspective
Which: traditional, structural perspective
2) human perspective
3) strategic management perspective, looks from the bottom up?
Human
