Reorganizing the Department for Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving
The organizational structure of Junction’s police department requires several adjustments since they operate under outdated methods. According to (Peak, 2012), “an organizational structure can be defined simply as the total of the ways in which the organization divides its labor into distinct tasks and then achieves coordination among them.” An organization has seven differentiation elements to it: functional, occupational, spatial, vertical, centralization, formalization, and administrative intensity (Peak, 2012). The first one, functional differentiation describes the method police departments use to break down functional units, for example, homicide unit, …show more content…
The COPPS strategy would initially increase officers ' workload in the short term due to the amount of time and energy required to gain the community 's trust. In order to implement a successful COPPS strategy, it must encompass three key components: organizational transformation, community partnerships, and problem-solving.
Organizational transformation stage is one of the key components in the COPPS strategy because the leaders within the police organization must change their policing tactics and allow officers to work within the community. Police administrators must understand calls for service will take longer and strategies implemented will be community specific rather than using blanket-policing tactics (Glensor & Peak, 1996). The police organization must ensure their involvement in the community is fair and equable otherwise, they could lose the support of the community; in other word do not harass law-abiding …show more content…
Providing an avenue for community members to speak about their concerns gives the appearance the police organization is work with the community and overall policing transparency. Surveying the community through social media or an outside survey company could also provide an indicator of the effectiveness of COPPS strategy. The results of the survey should be posted regardless of the results to reaffirm the police organization commitment to improving community relations. After reviewing all of the data retrieved from the quarterly criminal statistics, the community meeting feedback and unfiltered surveys, the COPPS strategy should be re-evaluated (Glensor & Peak, 1996). The COPPS strategy evaluation should be used as a benchmark for improving community-policing
The organizational structure of Junction’s police department requires several adjustments since they operate under outdated methods. According to (Peak, 2012), “an organizational structure can be defined simply as the total of the ways in which the organization divides its labor into distinct tasks and then achieves coordination among them.” An organization has seven differentiation elements to it: functional, occupational, spatial, vertical, centralization, formalization, and administrative intensity (Peak, 2012). The first one, functional differentiation describes the method police departments use to break down functional units, for example, homicide unit, …show more content…
The COPPS strategy would initially increase officers ' workload in the short term due to the amount of time and energy required to gain the community 's trust. In order to implement a successful COPPS strategy, it must encompass three key components: organizational transformation, community partnerships, and problem-solving.
Organizational transformation stage is one of the key components in the COPPS strategy because the leaders within the police organization must change their policing tactics and allow officers to work within the community. Police administrators must understand calls for service will take longer and strategies implemented will be community specific rather than using blanket-policing tactics (Glensor & Peak, 1996). The police organization must ensure their involvement in the community is fair and equable otherwise, they could lose the support of the community; in other word do not harass law-abiding …show more content…
Providing an avenue for community members to speak about their concerns gives the appearance the police organization is work with the community and overall policing transparency. Surveying the community through social media or an outside survey company could also provide an indicator of the effectiveness of COPPS strategy. The results of the survey should be posted regardless of the results to reaffirm the police organization commitment to improving community relations. After reviewing all of the data retrieved from the quarterly criminal statistics, the community meeting feedback and unfiltered surveys, the COPPS strategy should be re-evaluated (Glensor & Peak, 1996). The COPPS strategy evaluation should be used as a benchmark for improving community-policing