Exam 4: Organization and Management

Strategic planning is where sergeants and lieutenants, through supervision, put the strategies into action.

Which type of supervisor encourages officers to produce large numbers of tickets and arrests because they see bean counting as good police work?

___________ is the continuous process of making decisions; developing policies, procedures, and rules of conduct; and generally leading the organization toward the accomplishment of its designated mission.

________ refers to developing formalized organization arrangements whereby officers at the lower levels of the organization can have input into departmental matters.

__________ Robert Peel created a police force organized along military lines when he established the force in London in 1829

__________ involves the development of a broad outline of what needs to be done and how the organization will accomplish the recognized purposes or objectives.

Research indicates that public employees are often paid less than equally educated workers in the private sector.

__________ is the personnel function, including the recruitment, selection, training, and placement of people within the organization.

Crime analysis is the examination and mapping of crime and calls for service in order to discover patterns; the collating or sorting of data to allow officers to visualize or better understand activities.

Which type of supervisor mentors their officers, encourages them to get to know citizens, and focus on police and community problems?

The term ___________ refers to how a department is structured and shaped.

Possible procedures for impasse resolutions in contract negotiations include mediation, going to court, or breaking the contract.

__________ is where employees organize in a union or other organization to present their demands and grievances to management.

The term __________ refers to the combination of organization and management.

Which type of supervisor likes to involve themselves in police work by answering calls, writing tickets, and making arrests?

The term __________ refers to the processes that occur within the structure.

Sergeants are the first-line supervisors in a police agency.

Which studies were an attempt to determine how to improve worker productivity?

Which type of supervisor attempts to develop positive relations with their subordinates and be "one of the boys?"

_____________ describes how officers are to perform some function such as documenting the storage of physical evidence.