Question

Describe how the officers' behaviors might be improved by using the basic principles of police organization as well as policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and discipline.

bodily from the station by the patrol officer, who pushed him down a flight of steps to the sidewalk. The man regained his equilibrium and quietly walked off into the night, beaten by the system. He returned later, paid the fee, and reclaimed his car. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. If you were the sergeant in this situation, what would you have done? 2. If you were the chief of palce of this police department and this situation came to your attention, what would you do? 3. In your opinion, what caused the Cod Bay Polde Department to get into this situation of having a dominant polce subculture that supports such actions by officers and supervisors? 4. How widespread do you think this kind of behador and police subculture are today? H Case 2: Rixton Rixton is a small community of 16,000 pcople and has a police force of 36 officers Police Chief Walton Eager came up through the ranks and is a pleasant man, but he has little administrative ability. He promulgates all policy and procedures by tacking notices to a bulletin board already overcrowded with memorabilia dating back several years. He makes no effort to determine whether hispfficers understand his policies and procedures, and officers feel no need to pay any attention to them. The department has many excellent officers who, despite poor leadership, conduct themselves in exemplary fashion. A small minority of six, however, causes some severe problems. These six officers, 17 percent of the force, have their own police subculture and peculiar role expectations. The dominant police culture in Rixton, although predicated on officially established rules and regulations, is generally accepted by of the police officers and dictates role expectations that are consistent with democratic processes. The minority subculture is inconflict with the dominant culture; each group thinks that the other is ineffective. The officers in Rixton refer to the two groups as cliques. Each lique operates according to its own role expectations,Gwith neither clique particularly constrained by Chief Eager's policies and procedures. The minority clique perceives the police role as being largely militaristic. The following situations, involving minority clique mem- bers, provide some interesting data on how role expectations and perceptions affect behavior not most 1. Patrol Officer Luigi Pasternak, a former marine who collects guns and believes that most people are criminals, received a radio call to mediate an argument at a gas

Answer 1

Change management in any organisation is driven by top management.

1. The rules/policies just displayed on notice board needs to be highlighted on the walls of the police station & Walton Eager has to ensure that the policy is understood by other officers.
2. Respect for all communities is must but it should be ensured that it shuld not hamper the working of the deptt
3. An org structure should be defined where each level has a specific roles & responsibilities