Man. & Leading Todays Police: Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies

Question 1

What edition is the book and who are the authors?

Hint: K.P, L.G., R.G.

Answer 1

4th edition

Kenneth Peak, Larry Gaines, Ronald Glensor

Question 2

__ and __ are extremely important factors in determining whether or not an organization achieves its mission and goals.

Answer 2

Leadership and management

Question 3

Police departments, for most people, are the most __ government agency in our society.

Answer 3

Visible

Question 4

__ envisions change and introduces it to the department, while __ is responsible for implementing the change and transforming the department.

Answer 4

Leadership…management

Question 5

Good leadership requires v__ to determine the direction the department should move. Management on the other hand is about d__.

Answer 5

Vision… dedication

Question 6

Today’s environment is much more __.

Answer 6

Uncertain

Question 7

The United States experienced its worse recession beginning in ___ since the __ __.

Answer 7

2008 … Great Depression

Question 8

What resulted in the creation of new federal agencies and changed the direction of many others?

Answer 8

9/11 attacks

Question 9

The ___ police shooting of __ __ by a Ferguson, MI police officer resulted in __ in that city and it raised a__ a__ of the police used of deadly force throughout the nation.

Answer 9

2014, Michael Brown

Riots… acute awareness

Question 10

Entities consisting of two or more people who cooperate to accomplish an objective or objectives.

Answer 10

Organizations

Question 11

The first organizations were ___ ___ ___.

Answer 11

Primitive hunting parties

Question 12

The New York City Police Department has more than ___ police officers.
The majority of police departments in the US have ___ or fewer officers.

Answer 12

34,500

10

Question 13

Formally defined as “a consciously coordinated social entity, with a relative identifiable boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals”.

Consciously coordinated implies __ and __.

Answer 13

Organization

Leadership and management

Question 14

There are many problems that are best addressed when there is a response from s__ a__.

S__ e__ refers to the fact that organizations are composed of people who interact with one another and with people outside the organization.

Answer 14

Several agencies

Social entity

Question 15

Relatively identifiable boundary alludes to the organizations g__ and the p__ s__.

Answer 15

Goals and public served

Question 16

Recently the Tucson Police Dep. announced a reorganization plane. This was due to a significant b__ d__.

Answer 16

Budget deficit

Question 17

__ is getting things done through other people. __ ensure that tasks are accomplished and goals are reached.

The term Human Resources refers to the fact that supervisors are responsible for __ who, especially in the workplace, often have p__ and d__.

Answer 17

Leadership… leaders

People…problems and difficulties

Question 18

Supervisors attempt to solve problems and difficulties through t__ and the provision of d__.

Managers generally are __ and __ who are responsible for units within a police department.

Answer 18

Training and the provision of direction

Lieutenants and captains

Question 19

___ guide and lead the department by setting an overall direction and are at the highest levels within a police department.

Leaders at all levels in the police department move the department ___.

Answer 19

Administrators

Forward

Question 20

Whereas __ is getting things done through other people, __ consists of tools by which to put __ into action.

Who are the primary conduits for the public to provide input into a police department?

Answer 20

Leadership

Management

Leadership

Police Chiefs

Question 21

who are interface between administrative policy making and the actual work in the field?

Answer 21

Middle managers