Adonis Vs Fto Tibbetts

In this scenario, Sergeant Williams, pairs his subordinate Officer Roberts, with Field Training Officer Andrew Tibbetts, who impregnates her. Officer Roberts is irate and upset with Sergeant Williams because FTO Tibbets will not leave his family to enter into a relationship with her. Officer Roberts blames Sergeant Williams because he paired the two together even though Officer Tibbetts had a reputation of being a ladies’ man and that she was vulnerable at the time. Officer Roberts felt that Sergeant Williams didn’t really supervise her at all. Sergeant Williams didn’t appear to make a sound operational decision. He went against his original instincts in the beginning. “Sergeant Williams had some doubts about assigning Roberts to Tibbetts. After all, Roberts was an attractive young woman and Tibbetts, although married with two children, is considered to be something of a “ladies man.” Tibbetts is jokingly known as “Adonis” by …show more content…
They make certain assumptions about human beings and allow those assumptions to guide their behavior regarding their subordinates (More & Miller, 2015). Sergeant Williams made a mistake in the beginning by not having effective communication with either Officer Roberts or FTO Tibbetts. Sergeant Williams did not take the time to pull either officer to the side, tell them the decision he made about pairing the two and addressed his concerns right there before a final decision was made. He also could have pulled either to the side when he had a feeling that something more than just work related functions were going on between them. There were rumors going on that Officer Roberts and FTO Tibbetts had been kissing where others could see them. Officer Roberts had ample opportunity to bring this up with either of them before he witnessed the argument that occurred between the