Proactive Police Management (5th Edition)

Based upon the authors' extensive experience in teaching, policing, and management, this introduction to management in the day-to-day rigors of a police department stresses that management is only effective if it is based upon a combination of both theory and practice. Proactive rather than reactive in approach, it shows how successful police managers anticipate events through planning, use police personnel and resources effectively, and deliver a whole range of police services to the community. Chapter topics include the consultative style and various approaches of management; community policing and problem-oriented policing; basic operating principles; leadership styles; internal and external communication skills; the patrol function; training; proactive technology; human resource management and general personnel issues; and auxiliary function. For current and future police managers and administrators.