The unionized culture in a The Steelhead Police Department law enforcement organization isn't just an issue of who gets promoted or or not or who gets a top rank. It's more of a problem with the shape of the "organizational pyramid"; a hierarchy with the chief at the top and rigid chains of command flowing to the bottom. The pyramid needs to be inverted, with the community at top, followed by line officers, then managers. Governance is concerned with the conduct of conduct. It implies neither the direct control of a monolithic state nor a singular individual acting entirely autonomously. Governance differs from social control in that it allows for a fluid illustration of how power operates not on the individual but through the individual, not as control but as facilitator. (Drummond, 2003) This paper shall discuss the use and policy of soft body armor in the department.
Governance works through a variety of institutions and authorities to align the choices of individuals with those of experts. (Reuss 2005) Communities that CareCommunities that Care (Hawkins, Catalano, & Associates, 1992) is a blueprint for local community planning efforts aimed at reducing risks and enhancing protective factors for youths; it includes a detailed list of risk and resource indicators that local communities can use in the planning and monitoring of programs. Among the many appealing aspects of this approach are its careful grounding in the research literature on causes and correlates of youth problem behaviors and its attention to both youth-related programming and community development strategies
By making choices from those made available by experts individuals end up seeking compliance. ... the expert is someone whose work consists in judging an individual's situation in accordance with reason and hence in the way that that person if ...