Chapter 2 Objectives Flashcards
How law enforcement agencies were traditionally organized?
The traditional law enforcement organizational design is that of a pyramid-shaped hierarchy based on a military model.
What line and staff personnel are?
Field services, also called field operations, use line personnel to directly help accomplish the goals of the department. Administrative services use staff personnel to support the line organization.
What advantages and disadvantages are associated with specialization?
Specialization can enhance a departments effectiveness and efficiency but overspecialization can impede the organizational purpose
What the chain of command does?
The chain of command establishes definite lines of authority and channels of communication.
What type of organization law enforcement managers should recognize?
Managers should recognize the informal organization that exist within any law enforcement agency.
What the emerging Law enforcement organization looks like?
The emerging law enforcement agency has a flattened organization is decentralized and empowers its employees.
What five broad strategic or organizational approaches currently operate in contemporary policing?
Five brought a strategic Or organizational approach is currently operating in contemporary policing are community policing, problem solving policing, CompStat policing, intelligence-led policing and evidence-based policing
What community policing is?
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organization strategies which support the systematic use of partnership and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime social disorder and fear of crime
How traditional and community policing differ?
Traditional policing is reactive, focusing on fighting crime and measuring effectiveness by arrest rates. A tenet of traditional policing is that crime is a police problem. In contrast, community policing is proactive, focusing on community problems and measuring effectiveness of the absence of crime and disorder. A tenet of community policing is that crime is everyone’s problem.
What the two critical key elements of community policing are?
The two key elements of community policing are partnerships and problem-solving
If the core functions of policing change when community policing is implemented?
In most departments implementing community policing, the core function remain, with the difference being that police no longer seek to accomplish these functions alone.
What problem solving requires of the police?
Problem solving requires police to group incidents as a way to identify underlying causes of problems in the community.
What the four principles of CompStat are?
The four principles of CompStat involve accurate, timely intelligence; effective tactics; rapid deployment; and relentless follow-up.
What the 3-1 model of intelligence-led policing illustrates?
The 3-1 model of intelligence-led policing consists of interpreting the criminal environment, influencing decision makers and impacting the criminal environment.
Who may be important partners in evidence-based policing?
Students or staff at local or regional colleges or universities may be valuable partners for agencies wanting to participate in evidence-based policing.
