How Police Officers Evaluate Behavioral Factors of Their Local Police Chiefs (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Deviance, Violence, and Victimization, P 709-722, 2002, Milan Pagon, ed. -- See NCJ-206198)

• NCJ Number: 206216
• Author(s): Vinko Gorenak
• Date Published: 2002
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: College of Police and Security Studies
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Slovenia

Annotation

This study determined how a sample of police officers (n=307) in Slovenia evaluated the behavioral factors of their police chiefs in various performance areas of police management.

Abstract

This study, which was conducted in 2002, used a questionnaire that solicited respondents' assessment of each stated behavior in terms of its application to the respondent's police chief. Specific behaviors were described under the following general domains of performance: planning of the work of the police officers, assistance to police officers in their assignments, and supervision of the work done by officers; level of meeting police officers' needs; preventing and dealing with conflicts at police stations; cooperation with police officers at their work; and the level of success in communicating with police officers. The respondents gave the highest average grades to the group of statements that related to meeting the needs of police officers. The second highest average grades were given to the group of questions regarding the level of success in communicating with police officers. The third highest average grades were for behaviors related to the planning, assistance, and supervision of officers' work. The lowest grades were given to the behaviors related to cooperation between officers and their chiefs and preventing and dealing with conflicts at police stations. Based on the findings, nine recommendations are offered for improving the performance of police chiefs in Slovenia. 10 tables and 7 references