
Understanding Police Operational Performance
- 316 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Understanding Police Operational Performance
About this book
Understanding Police Operational Performance provides a roadmap for police agencies to implement performance-improvement strategies that work. This book provides an easy-to-read, comprehensive overview of the key indicators of successful internal operations of police agencies in the United States, and equips readers with the tools needed to bring police organizations to top performance.
Ideal for law enforcement professionals, as well as city or county administrators and policymakers, this book offers practical advice for planning and conducting an evaluation of the various components of a police organization. It is also appropriate for use in law enforcement, criminal justice, and political science courses.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsement
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Why Assess?: The Value-Added of Conducting Periodic Assessments
- Chapter 2 Patrol Allocation and Deployment
- Chapter 3 Assessing Patrol Operations
- Chapter 4 Investigative Operational Performance
- Chapter 5 Professional Standards: The Integrity Function
- Chapter 6 Administration and Support
- Chapter 7 Critical Policy Assessment
- Chapter 8 Assessing Recruitment and Retention Capabilities
- Chapter 9 The Assessment of Police Training Systems
- Chapter 10 Community Engagement
- Chapter 11 Assessing, Understanding, and Managing Organizational Culture
- Chapter 12 Strategic Management and Planning
- Chapter 13 Future Considerations and Alternative Service Delivery Models
- Index
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