Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities - Hardcover

Whisenand, Paul M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 013245758X ISBN 13: 9780132457583

Publisher: Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

Using an interactive, three-part structure, this book covers all the latest supervisory concepts and practices―and emphasizes character, values and strengths-based leadership throughout. Organized around 15 core responsibilities, it tackles issues such as ethics, communications, training, evaluations, empowerment and problem-oriented policing― uniquely combining the human factor with the performance edge. New chapters on strengths-based leadership, emotions, and performance appear in this edition and exercises reinforce what’s required to lead and supervise today’s police force.  Broken up into three parts, the updated content includes:

• Part I–On Becoming a Leader focuses on core character traits and values such as ethics, strength-based leadership, vision, communications, emotions and team leadership.
• Part II–On Becoming a Supervisor discusses police supervisory competencies such as time, vitality, issues, training and evaluation.
• Part III–Getting Results includes discussion of empowerment, community and problem-oriented policing and performance. 

This book is a perfect resource for professionals with a career in police supervision, human or organizational behavior, criminal justice, community relations, mediation, and/or ethics.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Proven programs and practices for supervising and leading police employees. This, the fourth edition, is ...

• uniquely updated and designed for the existing or prospective supervisor in a police agency.
• ideally suited for college and academy courses devoted to police supervision and human relations.
• newly formatted to cover the foundational subjects of values, ethics and mission.
• a fresh look at the interplay of human communications, trust, empowerment and team leadership.
• a preview of the next phase of community-oriented policing.
• a commonsense approach to handling problem police employees.

All of the above and much more is compacted into highly readable and definitely useful set of 15 supervisory responsibilities. Combined, they offer keys for you to become both police supervisor and police leaders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 013245758X
• ISBN 13: 9780132457583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360