A Study Guide for Common Sense Police Supervision 7th Edition


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This comprehensive study guide is intended to be a companion for the seventh edition of Common Sense Police Supervision. It was developed to help readers and students test their knowledge of the contents of the twenty-chapter text. It also was fashioned to help the promotional student ready him or herself for an examination based on the book. At the beginning of each chapter, a summary of the contents is provided for each of this guide’s twenty chapters. The summary is followed by a series of questions designed to test and reinforce the reader’s knowledge and understanding of the chapter. Each of the guide’s questions is in multiple-choice format where the reader chooses the single best answer for each question. The answers for each section follow at the end of each chapter along with the corresponding page numbers from the text where the subject is discussed. This is exceptionally useful as an additional learning tool. If used along with the book, the guide should increase the reader’s comprehension and retention of the material found in the text. In addition, this study guide can also be an invaluable teaching instrument for instructors. Readers will find a new chapter, “Working for Someone,” that provides valuable information for the law enforcement supervisor to assure that the working relationship with his or her own boss is a consistently positive one.




Common Sense Police Supervision (7th Edition)


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Revised, updated, and expanded, this practical hands-on book is packed full of step-by-step guidelines and suggestions for carrying out a multitude of leadership tasks and responsibilities focused on a changing workforce that serves an equally changing and complex society. While emphasizing the real value of common sense in good leadership practices, the author furnishes the aspiring novice or veteran police supervisor with specific advice on how to train, counsel, inspect, discipline, and assess the performance of his or her subordinates. He strives to help the supervisor with the vital obligations of being a planner, a problem resolution officer, and effective communicator within as well as outside the law enforcement organization. Major topics include: (1) what supervision means and what you need to know; (2) supervisory ethics, professional responsibilities as a teacher, inspector, advocate, and role model; (3) the key qualities of true leadership; (4) the vital job as an evaluator of employee performance, discipline in the correction process, oral and written communication skills; (5) the skills needed when dealing with the news media; (6) assistance in planning a career as a first-line leader in supervision; (7) the skills necessary for effective counseling; (8) managing external and internal complaints; (9) an effective role in community policing and customer service; and (10) effective leadership of different generations. Each chapter concludes with a brief “Points to Remember” that provides a quickly-read and easily remembered checklist of the chapter’s salient points. The seventh edition furnishes many more practical, helpful, and real-life examples pertaining to leadership issues. In addition, a new chapter, “Working for Someone,” offers insight into this all-important topic of what your supervisor expects, some pitfalls to avoid, addressing the boss’s problems, and learning the boss’s job. This new edition offers a realistic approach to the challenging task of providing strong, effective leadership to front-line employees in a dynamic, demanding profession.




A Study Guide for Common Sense Police Supervision


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This comprehensive study guide is intended to be a companion for the Sixth Edition of Common Sense Police Supervision. It was developed to help readers and students test their knowledge of the contents of the nineteen chapter text. It also was fashioned to help the promotional student ready him or herself for an examination based on the book. A summary of the contents of each chapter is provided at the beginning of each of this guide's nineteen sections. The summary is followed by a series of questions designed to test and reinforce the reader's knowledge and understanding of the chapter. Each of the guide's questions is in multiple-choice format where the reader chooses the single best answer for each question. The answers for each section follow at the end of each chapter along with the corresponding page numbers from the text where the subject is discussed. This is exceptionally useful as an additional learning tool. If used along with the book, the guide should increase the reader's comprehension and retention of the material found in the text. In addition, this study guide can also be an invaluable teaching instrument for instructors.










Common Sense Police Supervision


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Basic Handbook of Police Supervision: A Practical Guide for Law Enforcement Supervisors


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This updated handbook provides reliable guidance on what to do next and offers practical, no-frills advice about what to do to counter the day-to-day challenges and outright calamities that make up the first-line leader’s work life. Perhaps even more important, it offers time-proven recommendations on how to prevent a bothersome situation from escalating into crisis proportions in the first place. It will prove equally useful to the veteran, novice or future law enforcement supervisor. Its sound advice will help him retain his emotional as well as physical and moral health in a real-world environment that seems to become more challenging every day. It will help him to lead and bring his people to share his practices and beliefs in doing a very critical job the right way. Just as it should be, the handbook is short on theory and long on “how to” advice. It is literally a resource that the supervisor can tuck into an equipment bag or otherwise keep close at hand. It likewise will aid him in carrying out the very practical tasks of communicating effectively; evaluating employee performance, correcting inappropriate behavior and helping his officers survive both on the street and in the police organization. A new chapter has been added on the topic of how to lead successfully during the current, very challenging environment for law enforcement, entitled “How to Lead During Challenging Times.” Summary boxes have been interspersed throughout the text that emphasize important points for police leaders to remember. Meanwhile, the handbook will assist the law enforcement leader in working well with his own boss and planning his own career. There is no job description in the world quite like that of first-line law enforcement boss. The job is as unique as it is difficult and vital to the success of any successful police organization. This book will help them become even better at their very important job.




Effective Police Supervision Study Guide


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Good police officers are often promoted into supervisory positions with little or no training for what makes a good manager. Effective Police Supervision provides readers with an understanding of the group behaviors and organizational dynamics necessary to understand the fundamentals of police administration. The Effective Police Supervision Study Guide, which includes quizzes and other study tools, gives students, as well as professionals training for promotional exams, a way to review the material and be fully prepared for examinations and the world of police supervision. This new edition, like the new edition of the textbook it accompanies, includes information on the following topics: police accountability, police involvement with news media, dealing with social media, updates on legal considerations, and avoiding scandals. Updated to coincide precisely with the 7th edition of Effective Police Supervision Each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms, chapter summaries, and review questions Includes access to the instructor and companion sites for Effective Police Supervision




Police Supervision


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Written for police supervisors, this text emphasizes the importance of good judgment, prudence, and logic in police supervision and relates these traits to the varied skills and talents that police leadership requires. The definition and function of supervision are discussed, and the special ethics involved in police supervision are examined as they relate to both subordinates and superiors. The text then presents guidelines for performing each of the supervisor's many jobs. A discussion of the leadership role emphasizes the value of leading by example, the importance of 'command presence, ' the hazards to effective leadership, and the significance of morale as a leadership tool. Techniques and evaluation of instruction are examined in a review of the supervisor's role as educator, and a list of instructional aids is provided. A chapter on the supervisor's role as evaluator discusses techniques and implementation of evaluation programs and discusses the merits of inspection and related followup activities to ensure success of evaluation procedures. A section on discipline outlines requirements for fair and effective disciplinary practices and places importance on involvement of line supervisors throughout the disciplinary mechanism. Additional chapters analyze such elements of the planning function as personnel deployment, evaluation of available resources, preparation for special events, and the establishment of goals and objectives for subordinates. They discuss the supervisor's need for good communication skills and examine counseling considerations in supervisor-subordinate relationships. Besides suggestions for problem solving with counseling, the text indicates sources of professional help. In addition, the supervisor's increasingly important role as a grievance processor is discussed. Police supervisors receive and investigate complaints of police misconduct, deal with complaints from subordinates, and cope with contemporary labor problems. The final two chapters focus on special problems in law enforcement supervision, such as survival in a bureaucracy, internal strife in the agency, response to charges of corruption or incompetence, and methods of preparing for the work of police supervisor. An index is provided.




Counterinsurgency Strategy--A Path to Effective Policing


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Counterinsurgency Strategy – A Path to Effective Policing opens with American military action in Mosul, Iraq, in 2003. The civil authority in a city of 1.7 million people had collapsed, government ministry buildings had been looted, and criminal gangs and ethnic conflict raged out of control. General David Petraeus, utilizing the military’s Counterinsurgency Doctrine (COIN), restored security, allowing the re-emergence of the local economy. He worked with the local leaders to hold elections and, in short order, restored civil society. The COIN principles used by General Petraeus in Iraq have application to the violent crime issues plaguing cities in the United States. Increasing disorder in the face of declining police legitimacy and a growing trust gap between police and the communities they serve are analogous to the situation facing military commanders combatting insurgencies. Given the current debate on police militarization occurring across the country, the book reviews the history of police militarization, the provision of military equipment to police through the Department of Defense, and the impact of militarization on police tactics. COIN operational values in the context of the militarization debate are reviewed. A paradox in policing is the growth of militarism concurrent with the movement toward Community Policing. While Community Policing has received significant attention among military COIN adherents, discussion of COIN strategy among police researchers has been nearly nonexistent. This book examines the commonalities of COIN strategy with the philosophy of Community-Oriented Policing. Effective policing efforts to reduce crime and disorder are highlighted, and the role of the COIN strategy in these efforts is reviewed. A detailed guide to adapting COIN strategy and tactics for local police departments is also provided. This book aims to provide for neighborhood safety based on police legitimacy, effective security, and a whole-of-government effort to address local community problems.