NCJ Number
11
Date Published
1967
Length
61 pages
Annotation
THE CURRICULUM WAS DIRECTED AT PROVIDING CHIEFS OF POLICE WITH TOOLS, SKILLS, AND UNDERSTANDING TO ASSIST IN BETTER TOP-LEVEL ADMINISTRATION.
Abstract
AN URGENT NEED EXISTS TODAY TO STRENGTHEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCES ARE FINDING THAT THE STRUGGLE OF COPING WITH DIFFICULT PROBLEMS THROUGH EXISTING RESOURCES AND TECHNIQUES IS BECOMING GREATER. AN IMPORTANT AND NEGLECTED ELEMENT IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF METROPOLITAN POLICE EFFICIENCY IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND EXECUTIVE SKILLS OF POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DIRECTION OF LARGE URBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. THERE ARE THREE AREAS IN WHICH GREATER EFFICIENCY AND INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF PROBLEMS CAN BE OF VALUE TO POLICE ADMINISTRATORS. (A) MANY POLICE CHIEFS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAMS AS COMPLEX AND BUDGETS AS LARGE AS THOSE OF SOME OF OUR LARGER CORPORATIONS, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE EXECUTIVE TRAINING COMPARABLE TO THAT OF TOP LEVEL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES. (B) THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE POLICE TO THE LAW, AS THOSE WHO ENFORCE, INTERPRET, AND DEVELOP THE LAW, SUGGESTS A NEED AMONG POLICE ADMINISTRATORS FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LEGAL CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES. (C) THE VARIETY OF CONTACTS BETWEEN POLICE AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AND TIME CONSUMING AND REQUIRE MORE EFFECTIVE TRAINING FOR POLICE ADMINISTRATORS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)