Lea1 Flashcards
a body of armed men, which as an institution, can exercise its duties by armed physical forces to preserve peace and order, detection of crime, and the execution of laws.
POLICE
system of rules that particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
LAW
compel obedience of the law, regulation or command.
ENFORCEMENT
An organizational process concerned with the implementation of objectives and plans and internal operating efficiency.
ADMINISTRATION
fulfill those objectives according to policies by administrations.
MANAGEMENT
group of person working together for a common goal or objective.
ORGANIZATION
it refers to the police organization’s direction or a part of it. Thus, and the use such a manner to carry out its functions efficiently.
POLICE ADMINISTRATION
considered as the second component within the administrators, middle managers , and supervisor’s process to give an organization direction and influence people to work toward organizational goals.
POLICE MANAGEMENT-
A group of trained personnel in the field of public safety administration engaged in the achievement of goals and objectives that promotes the peace and order
POLICE ORGANIZATION
The systematic arrangement of the relationship of the members, positions, departments and functions or work of the organization. It is comprised of functions, relationships, responsibilities and authorities of individuals within the organization
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Such as patrol, criminal investigation, and traffic control as well as supervision of personnel performing these operation.
LINE FUNCTIONS
Are those operations designed to support the line functions. Staff members are necessarily advisors, often civilians with specialized training which main function is to study police policies and offer proposals to chief executive of the department.
STAFF FUNCTION
nvolve the logistical operations of the department. These include training, communications, maintenance, record keeping, motor vehicles, and equipment and similar operations.
AUXILIARY FUNCTION
Police service is giving the impression of being merely suppressive machinery. This philosophy advocated that the yardstick of police competence is the increasing number of arrests, throwing offenders in detention facilities rather than trying to prevent them from committing crimes.
The Old Concept
this thought of police service regards police as the first line of defense of the criminal justice system, an organ of crime prevention.
The Modern Concept
is the assignment of particular workers to particular tasks
SPECIALIZATION
A hierarchy represents formal relationship among superiors and subordinates in any given organization. It can be visualized as a ladder, with each rung (or rank) representing a higher or lower level of authority.
HIERARCHY OF AUTHORITY
It is the right to command and control the behavior of employees in lower positions within an organizational hierarchy. A hierarchy thus serves as the framework for the flow of authority downward (and obedience upward) through the department.
AUTHORITY
Is the minimum number of subordinates at a given position that superior can supervise effectively.
SPAN OF CONTROL
Is the conferring of an amount of authority by a superior position onto a lower-level position.
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Employees should have only one superior.
UNITY OF COMMAND
Process of sharing and understanding an information on common subjects.
FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS
it is an apportioning of works or tasks among the various units or group.
DIVISION OF WORK
It refers to the lines of authority, and responsibility should be made as definite and direct possible so that responsibility may properly fixed and duplicate avoided.
DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITY
It refers to a line or chain of superiors from top to buttom.
CHAIN OF COMMAND
Implies that a system of varied functions arrange into a workable pattern. The line organization is responsible for the direct accomplishment of the objectives while the staff is responsible for support, advisory or facilitative capacity.
LINE AND STAFF
It is the efforts of the different units that must be coordinated and integrated to accomplish harmonious progress towards the primary objectives of the office
INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION
States that authority delegated should be adequate to ensure the ability to accomplish expected results.
Principle of Delegation by Results
Explains that responsibility for action cannot be greater than that implied by the authority delegated nor should it be less.
Principle of Parity and Responsibility
Explains that the responsibility of the subordinates to their superior for performance is absolute and the superior cannot escape responsibility for the organization on activities performed by their subordinates.
Principles of Absoluteness of Responsibility
