EFFECTIVE POLICE SUPERVISION EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS!!
What is a common denominator in police departments that do extremely well?
The creation of a work environment that fosters good supervisors.
Which supervisor is crucial as a managerial point in a department?
The front-line supervisor or bottom supervisor.
In exemplary departments is the front-line supervisor apart from management?
No.
Violence has without a doubt became a fundamental component of our culture. What
should supervisors do in being alert to this fact and their people?
Ensure that it does not dominate an officer or subordinates' perspective.
What is a perceptual mind set developed from enforcement activities? One that should be
anticipated and not allowed to spread.
Cynicism.
What supervisors are the first ones to notice training inadequacies?
The first line supervisors.
How can supervisory performance be improved?
By establishing a mentoring relationship with others in the department, conducting online
research on leadership skills and other related topics, reading supervisor periodicals, taking local
college courses, and consulting with other supervisors.
What type of organization will new front-line supervisors have to work in being promoted?
New supervisors will have to work in an environment that is viable, dynamic, and is
everchanging, constantly creating new demands for the department.
, What is the one issue that usually tends to cause a newly appointed front line supervisor a
great deal of difficulty?
How to be an effective disciplinarian with people you've built a relationship with as an officer.
What should supervisors learn to value people as?
Organizational assets.
If mandated in a department and is successful, what will move law enforcement to a higher
more rewarding entity?
Accountability within departments.
What is responsibility?
The obligation to perform.
What is accountability?
The obligation and liability that a person, a group, or an organization assumes for the execution
of authority or fulfillment of a responsibility.
Being accountable for the execution of a responsibility includes several features. What are
they?
Answering for, reporting on, and assuming liability for the obligation or responsibility that was
executed.
Accountability is meaningless unless what?
Organization members are responsible for the results.
What is the real goal of accountability?
Maximizing achievement through goal attainment.
The complexity of accountability includes five levels. What are they?
Personal, Individual, team, organizational, and stakeholders.
What are some variables involved at the personal accountability level?
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS!!
What is a common denominator in police departments that do extremely well?
The creation of a work environment that fosters good supervisors.
Which supervisor is crucial as a managerial point in a department?
The front-line supervisor or bottom supervisor.
In exemplary departments is the front-line supervisor apart from management?
No.
Violence has without a doubt became a fundamental component of our culture. What
should supervisors do in being alert to this fact and their people?
Ensure that it does not dominate an officer or subordinates' perspective.
What is a perceptual mind set developed from enforcement activities? One that should be
anticipated and not allowed to spread.
Cynicism.
What supervisors are the first ones to notice training inadequacies?
The first line supervisors.
How can supervisory performance be improved?
By establishing a mentoring relationship with others in the department, conducting online
research on leadership skills and other related topics, reading supervisor periodicals, taking local
college courses, and consulting with other supervisors.
What type of organization will new front-line supervisors have to work in being promoted?
New supervisors will have to work in an environment that is viable, dynamic, and is
everchanging, constantly creating new demands for the department.
, What is the one issue that usually tends to cause a newly appointed front line supervisor a
great deal of difficulty?
How to be an effective disciplinarian with people you've built a relationship with as an officer.
What should supervisors learn to value people as?
Organizational assets.
If mandated in a department and is successful, what will move law enforcement to a higher
more rewarding entity?
Accountability within departments.
What is responsibility?
The obligation to perform.
What is accountability?
The obligation and liability that a person, a group, or an organization assumes for the execution
of authority or fulfillment of a responsibility.
Being accountable for the execution of a responsibility includes several features. What are
they?
Answering for, reporting on, and assuming liability for the obligation or responsibility that was
executed.
Accountability is meaningless unless what?
Organization members are responsible for the results.
What is the real goal of accountability?
Maximizing achievement through goal attainment.
The complexity of accountability includes five levels. What are they?
Personal, Individual, team, organizational, and stakeholders.
What are some variables involved at the personal accountability level?
