POLICE SUPERVISION

Police Supervision

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “police supervision” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “the leadership” and its relation with “efficiencies in managing the staff”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “leadership” and tries to gauge its effect on “police”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “different styles” and tries to describe the overall effect of “leadership” on “police supervision”.

Police Supervision

Introduction

The management system of any institution serves as a process for directing and controlling people and work, so that organizational goals are achieved. An integral part of the management system is supervision, which refers to overseeing of people, their performance and behavior in the work environment. This activity tends to take place in all levels of organization with the exception of the work level. Moreover, a management system prevails in almost every organization and institution. If we examine the supervision of police, we find that they have a hierarchy, first line workers and supervisors, just like a corporate organization.

The police personnel like to be led by those who have them in confidence and give them respect. The supervisory office must apply the principle of wholesome human relations with common sense so that he is able to cater to his subordinates needs and queries. It is possible that such an emphasis upon making arrests is counterproductive to maintaining peace in the community. It may be that, if police leaders are looking out for the best interests of their followers, improved performance may result. The police manager respondents identified different dimensions of preferred leadership behavior. These dimensions correspond to the theoretical categories of transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership styles. This fact might be relevant to police managers who could take into account the effect of individual factors on subordinates' perceptions and behavior when trying to meet the workers' leadership expectations. The paper highlights the police supervision considering the followers' perspective on successful and effective leadership, as well.

Problems faced by Police Department

Lack of adequate political and professional leadership is the main problem faced by various Police Departments. Other than this, there exist several other problems that include inaccurate, unreliable and untimely information about who, when, how and where the crime has been committed that leads to the inadequate policy design and inability to assess the correct situation by the police department. Public distrust which is the result of a combination of factors is another major problem that arose due to corruption and abuse, inefficiency and low quality of the police service.

Roles and functions of police organizations

The primary role of the Police Law is the protection and regulation of human rights and individual freedoms in the field of preventive function of government to ensure the internal public order as well. A distinctive feature of the system of investigation in the U.S. is the decentralization of government functions preliminary investigation, assigning it the various agencies of executive power, not linked by ties of ...