NCJ Number
42071
Editor(s)
B L GARMIRE
Date Published
1977
Length
567 pages
Annotation
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO PROVIDE POLICE CHIEFS AND OTHER COMMAND OFFICERS WITH INFORMATION ON CONTEMPORARY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR POLICE MANAGEMENT.
Abstract
IT SETS FORTH THE LATEST METHODS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND OFFERS ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES FOR RELATING THE WORK OF POLICE MANAGEMENT TO CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS ARE APPROACHED FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE POLICE CHIEF, COMMAND OFFICERS, AND THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR. THE BOOK HAS BEEN PREPARED ALSO TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF POLICE INSTRUCTORS, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS. PART ONE INCLUDES FOUR CHAPTERS THAT COVER HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND THE WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, IN MANAGEMENT, CITY, AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND THE PROBLEM OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CORRUPTIVE INFLUENCES. PART TWO COMPRISES THREE CHAPTERS ON ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND PRODUCTIVITY. THE SIX CHAPTERS IN PART THREE FOCUS ON PATROL, TRAFFIC, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, ORGANIZED CRIME, CRIME PREVENTION, AND JUVENILE PROGRAMS. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, LABOR-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, INTERNAL CONTROLS, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, RESEARCH AND PLANNING, AND THE LEGAL ADVISOR ARE CONSIDERED IN PART FOUR. THE ANCILLARY SERVICES OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, FACILITIES AND MATERIAL, CRIMINALISTICS, AND JAIL MANAGEMENT ARE DISCUSSED IN THE FOUR CHAPTERS MAKING UP PART FIVE. THE FINAL SECTION CONTAINS A CONCLUDING CHAPTER WITH A LOOK AHEAD AT POSSIBLE FUTURE TRENDS IN POLICE SERVICES. A NINE-PAGE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)