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Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations

Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations. Who Are The Police – Recruitment and Profile Police Subculture Police Response and Action Delivery of Police Services. Field Training. Generally comes after the academy. Rookies teamed with more seasoned officers.

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Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations

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  1. Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations • Who Are The Police – Recruitment and Profile • Police Subculture • Police Response and Action • Delivery of Police Services

  2. Field Training • Generally comes after the academy. • Rookies teamed with more seasoned officers. • Veterans help teach techniques. • Recruits are further socialized into the subculture.

  3. Women in Police Work • 9% of all sworn police officers • Role of women in policing is restricted by: • social barriers including • gender conflict • jealousy • stereotyping • administrative barriers including • under-representation at senior administrative levels • selective utilization of their skills and training

  4. Research Results About Women in Policing • Are less likely to use a firearm in a violent confrontation than male officers • Are more emotionally stable than male officers • Are less likely to seriously injure a citizen than male officers • Are no more likely to suffer injuries than their male partners

  5. Occupational Subculture A complex of emotional and behavioral characteristics developed by members of an occupational group in response to the work situation and environmental influences

  6. DANGER AUTHORITY Two Elements of Police Working Personality

  7. The Police Isolation • Cynicism • Clannishness • Secrecy • Isolation from others • (The “blue curtain”)

  8. Sources of Stress in Police Work Organizational Stress External Stress Personal Stress Operational Stress

  9. Alcoholism • Depression or • Suicide • Divorce • Violence The Effects of Stress

  10. Formation of police agencies into formal bureaucracies with highly developed divisions of labor and a hierarchical authority structure. Police Organization: Quasi-military

  11. Police Structure Fulfills Five Functions • Divides the workload according to a logical plan. • Makes sure lines of authority and responsibility are as clear and direct as possible. • Provides “unity of command”. • Makes sure the proper amount of authority and responsibility are linked to certain tasks. • Coordinates efforts of the force to achieve overall goals.

  12. Police Response and Action • Organizational Context • Organizational Response • Productivity

  13. Patrol Activities

  14. Investigation • Detectives • Importance overrated • Institutional incentives • Public relations

  15. Apprehension

  16. Quick Quiz • ____ is the symbols, beliefs, values, and attitudes shared by members of a subgroup of the larger society. • Subculture • ____ a patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and chooses the appropriate response. • Differential response • ____ is the process whereby members learn they symbols, beliefs, and values of a group or subculture. • Socialization • _____ does not lead to a solved crime as often as many people think, but has other merits. • Investigation • Providing “unity of command” is one of the five functions of ______. • Police structure

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