“Community policing is the most effective mode of operation when serving the needs of a community” (Gaines & Worrall, 2012). The ways in which law enforcement agencies interact with the communities they serve play a major role in the department’s primary goal of working cooperatively with citizens as well as resolving issues which potentially affect the livability of their neighborhoods. Additionally, police rely on the community to report crime and provide vital information that is necessary for them to fight crime and address community concerns, and the community relies on the police to curb disorder and help in times of emergency. For these reasons, establishing and maintaining trust is paramount. While it is the job of the police to ensure
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Therefore, potential problems like hiring, firing management and training should be the primary focus of the FPD. This is ingrained within the department. Supervision is linked to responsibility because managers are responsible for accomplishing certain results and must achieve the organization’s goals. Since the current supervision is insufficiently trained and lacks skills in the areas for which they are in charge, improving officer supervision at the FPD will require a change in leadership. It is clear that the focus is on productivity without any on the individual officers or how they interact with the public. Officers are not evaluated based on performance but productivity. Subsequently, if the organizational culture does not change, officer supervision will not …show more content…
Though an initial screening test may treat potential hires equally, there may be room for hiring staff to be bias due to the discretion provided to the staff. As outlined in the FPD report, grave racial disparity has been found in the actions of FPD officers and if the officers are to stay on the force then such actions may still linger. As officers are given discretion not only in their interactions when policing citizens, but in the hiring process as well, this discretion may allow for the hiring process to generate a less diverse force. As hiring is a complex process based on many factors and qualifications, discretion may have the opportunity to hide racist motivations under the guise of hiring the most qualified person. Aside from completely replacing the currently proven racist force, or sending hiring outside of the department, the department is likely to have such bias’s linger, including within the hiring
Therefore, potential problems like hiring, firing management and training should be the primary focus of the FPD. This is ingrained within the department. Supervision is linked to responsibility because managers are responsible for accomplishing certain results and must achieve the organization’s goals. Since the current supervision is insufficiently trained and lacks skills in the areas for which they are in charge, improving officer supervision at the FPD will require a change in leadership. It is clear that the focus is on productivity without any on the individual officers or how they interact with the public. Officers are not evaluated based on performance but productivity. Subsequently, if the organizational culture does not change, officer supervision will not …show more content…
Though an initial screening test may treat potential hires equally, there may be room for hiring staff to be bias due to the discretion provided to the staff. As outlined in the FPD report, grave racial disparity has been found in the actions of FPD officers and if the officers are to stay on the force then such actions may still linger. As officers are given discretion not only in their interactions when policing citizens, but in the hiring process as well, this discretion may allow for the hiring process to generate a less diverse force. As hiring is a complex process based on many factors and qualifications, discretion may have the opportunity to hide racist motivations under the guise of hiring the most qualified person. Aside from completely replacing the currently proven racist force, or sending hiring outside of the department, the department is likely to have such bias’s linger, including within the hiring