Chapter 12 Managing and Leading Today's
Police
1. The department knows what it wants to accomplish.
2. The department knows it citizens.
3. A police department knows its business. it constantly monitors activities to determine if
services are increasing.
4. A department must understand the demands of the business.
5. A good department knows its people.
6. A productive police department provides its constituents with feedback on police activities
and what is occurring in the jurisdiction. - ANS -Six attributes of a healthy police department
\A computerized tool for tracking the most serious crimes and mapping them to determine
patterns and trends through crime analysis, and to hold commanders accountable for reducing
crime in their areas. - ANS -CompStat
\An administrative process that drives agency vision, mission, and goals; it may also be defined
as "a systematic, and continuos process of analyzing internal and external conditions in order to
make more accurate decisions that effectively deal wit problems and issues." - ANS -Strategic
planning
\Four important innovations that have contributed to improved productivity - ANS -planning,
problem solving, citizen surveys and CompStat
\Four principles govern CompStat - ANS -1. timely and accurate intelligence
2. effective tactics
3. rapid deployment
4. relentless follow-up and assessment
\Generates weekly crime activity reports for unit commanders, especially patrol commanders. -
ANS -Crime analysis
\Means the presence of a police officer is required at the scene, but the incident is sufficiently
minor in nature that a rapid dispatch is not necessary. - ANS -Delayed response
\Measurement that is important because managers and supervisors must make judgments
about the relative success of their subordinates and operational units. - ANS -Productivity
\Placing additional officers in areas where there are concentrations of crime or disorder. - ANS
-Directed patrol
\Police leaders historically has been more concerned with __________ than effectiveness,
equity, or accountability. - ANS -efficiency
\Refers to how well the task is performed, regardless of cost, as a result of program activities. -
ANS -Effectiveness
\Refers to the accomplishment of a given task with a minimum expenditure of resources. - ANS
-Efficiency
\Refers to the quality of police services delivered to various groups in the community. - ANS
-Equity
Police
1. The department knows what it wants to accomplish.
2. The department knows it citizens.
3. A police department knows its business. it constantly monitors activities to determine if
services are increasing.
4. A department must understand the demands of the business.
5. A good department knows its people.
6. A productive police department provides its constituents with feedback on police activities
and what is occurring in the jurisdiction. - ANS -Six attributes of a healthy police department
\A computerized tool for tracking the most serious crimes and mapping them to determine
patterns and trends through crime analysis, and to hold commanders accountable for reducing
crime in their areas. - ANS -CompStat
\An administrative process that drives agency vision, mission, and goals; it may also be defined
as "a systematic, and continuos process of analyzing internal and external conditions in order to
make more accurate decisions that effectively deal wit problems and issues." - ANS -Strategic
planning
\Four important innovations that have contributed to improved productivity - ANS -planning,
problem solving, citizen surveys and CompStat
\Four principles govern CompStat - ANS -1. timely and accurate intelligence
2. effective tactics
3. rapid deployment
4. relentless follow-up and assessment
\Generates weekly crime activity reports for unit commanders, especially patrol commanders. -
ANS -Crime analysis
\Means the presence of a police officer is required at the scene, but the incident is sufficiently
minor in nature that a rapid dispatch is not necessary. - ANS -Delayed response
\Measurement that is important because managers and supervisors must make judgments
about the relative success of their subordinates and operational units. - ANS -Productivity
\Placing additional officers in areas where there are concentrations of crime or disorder. - ANS
-Directed patrol
\Police leaders historically has been more concerned with __________ than effectiveness,
equity, or accountability. - ANS -efficiency
\Refers to how well the task is performed, regardless of cost, as a result of program activities. -
ANS -Effectiveness
\Refers to the accomplishment of a given task with a minimum expenditure of resources. - ANS
-Efficiency
\Refers to the quality of police services delivered to various groups in the community. - ANS
-Equity
