For courses in Police Supervision, Human or Organizational Behavior, and Ethics. Using an exploratory and interactive structure, this introduction to police supervision covers all the latest supervisory concepts and practices with an emphasis on character, teamwork, and conflict resolution. Boasting a 15-responsibility organization, the Fifth Edition implements a practical, ethics-based approach to establishing leadership in a complex organization, and provides a host of creative exercises and study resources that stimulates student thought and participation.
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Proven programs and practices for supervising and leading police employees. This, the fifth edition, is...
- Specifically designed for the existing or prospective supervisor in a police agency.
- Ideally suited far college and academy courses devoted to police supervision and human relations. Emphasizing team fundamentals such as values, ethics and vision. Taking a fresh look at the interplay of human communications, trust, empowerment and team leadership.
- Providing an important emphasis on teamwork and team development intending to motivate and empower one's staff.
- Continuing its commonsense approach to handling problem police employees.
Being a police supervisor is much more than having mare pay, more authority, more influence, and more status. All of the above and much more are compacted into a highly readable and definitely useful set of 15 supervisory responsibilities. Combined, they offer keys for you to become both police supervisor and police leaders.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
A couple of years ago, the acclaimed secular ethicist Michael Josephson wrote:
"I just attended a moving graduation ceremony marking the transition of 40 men and women from police academy cadets to sworn officers in the Long Beach Police Department (California).
"At the beginning, the officers were fully uniformed, but they had no badges, and without the badges their uniforms were undistinguished. Yet once their shields were affixed, the uniforms and the people in them were transformed.
"So I began to think about the badge not only as an official symbol of authority and responsibility, but also as a symbol of honor-a symbol we should look up to and they must live up to. Although the badges were highly polished, experience teaches us that it will take vigilance and integrity to keep them untarnished.
"Looking at the very serious faces of Class #77, one could see both determination and pride as they officially accepted the huge responsibilities of a hugely important job captured in the Code of Ethics printed on their program.
" 'My fundamental duty', the Code begins, 'is to serve mankind, to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence and disorder; and to respect the Constitutional Rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice.' It concludes, 'I recognize the badge of my office is a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust.'
"Sure, most officers spend most of their time involved in important but unheroic activities like investigations, traffic regulation and crowd control, but they stand at the ready to put themselves in danger at a moment's notice and after the experience of September 11, I fear we don't appreciate them enough."
This book is committed to helping those individuals who are responsible for making this "code" a reality, as opposed to lofty, politically correct but shallow verbiage.
The responsible person I'm referring to is the police supervisor. You will find that to fulfill this vital role, one's character not merely counts, but counts big-time. You'll be asking yourself, "What do I, or should I, stand for as a supervisor-as a leader?" You'll also find that you are responsible for assuring that 15 RESPONSIBILIITES are being pursued by you and those who work for you. X1
Being responsible (the "R" word) means exercising self-discipline and self-restraint. It means doing your very best and being self-reliant and accountable for the consequences of your decisions.
Team Fundamentals provides the infrastructure for contemporary police work-community—oriented policing. These chapters deal with character and integrity of purpose—values, ethics, and vision—and with the allocation of the requisite time to communicate all three. (The chapters on ethics and vision contain a lot of new material.)
Team Development starts with a supervisor's responsibility for serving as a team leader. This naturally encompasses motivating, empowering, and training one's staff, while ensuring that everyone is mentally and physically well.
Teamwork includes organizing for action, measuring performance of that action, resolving conflicts, and making certain that community-oriented policing works. I am convinced that it takes teamwork to make it work. Finally, the supervisor-as-leader is challenged to anticipate incoming demands or needs for change.
Being a police supervisor is much more than having more pay, more authority, more influence, more status, and the like. It is much more. It is a set of core responsibilities that you will soon encounter and consider in the chapters that follow.
My warmest thanks to Kim Davies, Senior Editor, Prentice Hall, who coached and inspired me during the writing of this edition; and especially Pat David and Rosie O'Shea, who expertly manicured and critically edited the manuscript.
Paul Whisenand, Ph.D. San Clemente, California
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Doing what to whom?,
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This review is from: Supervising Police Personnel, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
This purchase was made out of necessity due to an upcoming promotional examination. I will preface my remarks by saying I have only read four chapters. I am dreading the next eleven chapters but I will keep an open mind. The author, Paul Whisenand, Ph.D., does not give any information in the dedication or preface to indicate what his qualifications are for writing about police supervision other than the fact that he is a member of the Department of Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach. By searching on the internet I found that he is a 'former police officer' and 'reserve deputy sherriff' but it does not say where. So far I see nothing to indicate that the content of this book has any relation to police supervision.
For anyone who has studied in the social sciences the writing style will be very familiar. The layout of the information is very poor and it is difficult to tell when he is moving from one subject to another. He makes a lot of use of indented text boxes with statements enclosed that don't seem to bear any importance on the subject matter. There are no references in the book at all which makes me very wary of the material. Is it all truly original thought from Whisenand? In chapter three he used 3 Mission statements from police departments with no reference as to where he found them, when they were issued and whether or not he got permission to use them. Most departments contract out their promotional testing processes and I guess this creates a market for over-priced books for the testing companies to draw their pool of questions from. The diabolical thing is that they seem to be in a money-making scheme with the authors and publishers by updating these books on a continuous basis. Let's face it, the only reason anyone would read this book is because they have to for a promotional test. With that in mind, this book is written very poorly in terms of picking out the material that is 'test question worthy'.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Boring,
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This review is from: Supervising Police Personnel, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
Why the Department of Personnel would have anyone read this for promotional testing is beyond me. Put together a few five dollar words and fragmented thoughts and you're an expert on supervision. This book was as interesting as watching paint dry. It should come with a noose so you could hang yourself after reading it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Don't Read Unless You Have To!,
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This review is from: Supervising Police Personnel, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
Why the NJ DOP picked this book for testable material is beyond me? After was all said and done, 3 months worth of reading of this boring, choppy, unrealistic supervision theory book the DOP only asked 12 questions from it. Author lives in Fantasy Land when it comes to police work, especially in NJ. Come up with a few distinct "buzz words" and a littney of lists on police tactics, and you to can write a boring book like this one.
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