Law Enforcement Leadership

Understanding social trends and current issues is an integral part of law enforcement leadership. In examining submitted works prepared for the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership program, three papers showed relevance in the critical understanding of modern criminology and criminal justice issues. Challenges for the Law Enforcement Leader focuses on several contemporary issues that are found in today’s society. A Continuous Process addresses the key components involved in the budgeting process of a municipal police agency. Drug Trade Memorandum examines the negative impacts involved in the illegal drug trade. Challenges for the Law Enforcement Leader explores several critical contemporary issues that are presented in our modern society. Topics include the criminal aspects of immigration, drug markets, and drug abuse, combined with appropriate standards for the use of force, ethics, and race relations. Law enforcement leaders and policy makers must understand the factors that contribute to criminal behavior, while making data driven decisions to reduce the social …show more content…
The Brownwood Police Department understands that the most important function of the budget is accountability (Menifield, C. 2013). There must be an acceptable length of time to conduct adequate research, data analysis, and input among all the participants, before the budget can be approved. I was allowed to attend budgeting workshops and meetings to develop a better understanding of the budgeting process. I provided input in outlining dates, times, goals and meetings and providing an organized framework to prepare, approve, implement and evaluate the budget. There are several sub-systems in the budgeting process. These systems include input, preparation, output, and feedback. The budget process operating environment allows for a sound bases for decisions and provides acceptable