In his best-selling book Good to Great, Jim Collins gives business executives advice about how to push their companies from the “merely good” to the rarefied world of greatness. This PERF report explores how the principles of Good to Great might be applied to policing.
It is important to understand that Collins is extremely careful in how he uses the word “great.” His criteria for greatness in business, based on stock market performance, are so stringent that he could find only 11 companies that qualified as great. To make a rough translation of Collins’ principles into the policing environment: A police chief striving for greatness might set a goal of reducing violent crime in his jurisdiction by, say, 50 percent. It would not matter to the chief if crime were going up everywhere else in the country, because great executives do not look for excuses; they look to get things done. And to be truly great, the chief not only would need to meet his target; he would need to ensure that the reduction in crime would be sustained even if he retired.
In Collins’ view, great executives focus their ambition not on personal glory, but on making the organization great, and that includes “setting up their successors for success.”
So Collins has set high standards for greatness. And if greatness in policing can be achieved, it certainly would be a powerful force for good in the world. Good to Great first came to my attention in 2002. I was shuttling back and forth from Washington, D.C., to work with the Chicago Police Department (CPD), and everyone in Chicago seemed to be talking about “getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.” I asked what that meant, and the CPD’s Good to Great fans referred me to the book. They explained that one of Collins’ key findings was that in the companies with the most impressive records of success, executives began their quest for greatness not by setting goals, but by hiring the right people, dismissing those who would thwart change, and finding the best positions for everyone who remained.
Once the right people were on the bus, then the leader and his team began deciding where to direct the bus in order to find greatness. I read Good to Great, was intrigued, and wondered whether the analysis of how to make a business successful could be applied to policing. I tracked Collins down, and he was amazingly approachable for a man who had a book on the nonfiction bestseller lists for months. He invited me out to Boulder and before I knew it, I was on a plane to Colorado. A short time later, I found myself in a Boulder deli with Collins and Milliken, Colorado Chief of Police Jim Burack. What an amazing day we had! Collins was intrigued with how his principles might apply to policing and other parts of government, as well as to nonprofit groups, social service agencies, even churches. While his research was in the field of business, he already was beginning to speculate that the ability to overcome obstacles seemed to be the key to greatness for police executives and other government leaders. (Collins has noted that in some ways, police executives face more obstacles than do business leaders. For example, throwing anyone “off the bus” can be far more difficult for police executives than for many business leaders.)
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http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/good_to_great.pdf
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Life is Too Short
by Julie Hryniewicz-Hache
The fact that you are reading these words means that you are part of a very unique group of individuals. Whether you are an officer, the loved one of an officer, or someone who is employed or involved in any capacity in this industry, you probably understand the deep impact of the policing culture on your life. Policing is now in your blood and will forever change the way that you see the world.
Although I pulled the pin on my policing career, after only eight years on the force, it was news that a former co-worker of mine had ended own his life, that reminded me how we are all still connected. Hearing this type of information affects every one of us, whether we know the person or not. It causes us to reflect on our own lives and is a perfect opportunity to reestablish our priorities for our brief time on this earth.
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http://www.police-writers.com/articles/hache_life_too_short.html
The fact that you are reading these words means that you are part of a very unique group of individuals. Whether you are an officer, the loved one of an officer, or someone who is employed or involved in any capacity in this industry, you probably understand the deep impact of the policing culture on your life. Policing is now in your blood and will forever change the way that you see the world.
Although I pulled the pin on my policing career, after only eight years on the force, it was news that a former co-worker of mine had ended own his life, that reminded me how we are all still connected. Hearing this type of information affects every one of us, whether we know the person or not. It causes us to reflect on our own lives and is a perfect opportunity to reestablish our priorities for our brief time on this earth.
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http://www.police-writers.com/articles/hache_life_too_short.html
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Policing In Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Firsthand Knowledge with Experience form the West
As scientific study of police and policing has matured over the years, it has broadened its scope in order to address fundamental issues of policing in various contexts and environments. Unfortunately, due to known political reasons in the past, the flow of information, research findings, and experience between the East and the West has been quite limited. While the majority of what can be read on policing in academic journals and textbooks is based on research done in the West, a considerable amount of knowledge on policing has been accumulated among researchers from the East, as well. As police work and cooperation are getting internationalized rapidly, the need for police scholars to cooperate and share with their colleagues from different countries is also more and more evident.
To foster mutual understanding, exchange of views, concepts, and research findings among scientists, researchers, and practitioners from the East and the West, this publication presents a broad coverage of the many topics and disciplines by scholars and practitioners from around the world. Papers in this publication highlight new ideas, theories, methods, and results in a wide range of research and application areas related to police and policing.
The first part of the publication deals with the "Core Issues and Challenges." First, Milan Pagon explores the role and importance of what he calls 'the four pillars of policing:' cooperation, training, education, and research. He believes that countries in Central and Eastern Europe should establish themselves as equal partners in shaping the future of European and international policing. This is followed by a paper by Rainer Schulte who examines future requirements for police managers. Schulte believes that a general move toward a service- providing society is reflecting in a changing role of police, creating new demands upon training of police managers. Bill McDonald and Sergei Paromchik discuss the role of researching police by outside researchers as an instrument of public scrutiny, leading to an increasing police transparency and accountability. In their view, such studies are still a rather novel concept in Central and Eastern Europe. Richard Terrill explores the same issue of police transparency and accountability from a different angle, discussing the impact and modes of citizens oversight of police. He believes that the prospects for countries in Central and Eastern Europe to develop citizen oversight schemes appear unlikely at the moment, considering the infant stage of democracy in many of these countries. Gerald Lynch shares the experience of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in enhancing police professionalism and specialized training for law enforcement on an international level.
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http://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Inter-Agency Response to Domestic Violence in a Medium Sized City
Inter-agency work is a key feature of many crime prevention and community safety efforts and part of the foundation of modern policing. No longer is crime control viewed as solely the purview of the police, but rather as an outcome for which many agencies share responsibility. As acceptance of this idea has increased, inter-agency collaborative efforts have multiplied. Nowhere have these coordinated community crime control efforts been more fully recognized and advanced than in efforts to address domestic violence.
The present study examines one city’s efforts to reduce domestic violence through the coordinated work of the city police department and a wide range of criminal justice, social services, and community agencies. The city (here, and throughout this report, anonymous) is in the mid-Atlantic region of the country, has approximately 200,000 residents, and a police department with approximately 700 police officers. This research entailed study of an interagency domestic violence coalition, the Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee (DVCC), as well as two separate exploratory analyses of the city police department’s domestic violence data.
After presenting the methodology and literature review, the findings of this study are presented in two parts. The first part pertains to the history and current state of the DVCC and includes Chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 is a description of the inception of DVCC and its evolution up until the year 2000 when the field research for this project began. Chapter 5 is a description of the DVCC at the time of the field research, a description of the domestic violence service community of which the DVCC is a part, a discussion of the perspectives about the police department expressed by members of the domestic violence service community, and a list of recommendations for improving police response to domestic violence developed by the Police Foundation.
The second part is comprised of Chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 6 is an analysis of the practice known as dual arrest, where police officers arrest both parties in an intimate assault. This exploratory analysis includes comparisons among cases resulting in issuance of a warrant, single arrest, and dual arrest as well as logistic regression analysis testing the relationship between case characteristics and dual arrest. Chapter 7 explores the utility of spatially analyzing reported intimate assault data by using several different methods to map these crimes and compare geographic patterns to neighborhood demographic characteristics.
Because this report covers a wide range of topics within the broad area of domestic violence, it is written so that each chapter ties in with the others, but contains a distinct qualitative or quantitative analysis that can be read separately. For this reason, each chapter includes its own conclusions, references, and in some cases summaries of relevant literature. Therefore, except for a general summary of literature on inter-agency domestic violence work, there are no overall summaries of literature, references, or conclusions.
The concern of this project is violence committed against one member of a current or past intimate couple by the other, which we refer to as intimate violence. “Domestic violence” is a broader term used to describe intimate violence as well as violence between non-intimate familial or household members. In the chapters summarizing literature and describing the DVCC, we use the term “domestic violence,” because this is a term conventionally used by interagency approaches; but regardless of the term used, throughout this report, our subject is intimate violence.
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http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/Inter-Agency_Response_DV.pdf
The present study examines one city’s efforts to reduce domestic violence through the coordinated work of the city police department and a wide range of criminal justice, social services, and community agencies. The city (here, and throughout this report, anonymous) is in the mid-Atlantic region of the country, has approximately 200,000 residents, and a police department with approximately 700 police officers. This research entailed study of an interagency domestic violence coalition, the Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee (DVCC), as well as two separate exploratory analyses of the city police department’s domestic violence data.
After presenting the methodology and literature review, the findings of this study are presented in two parts. The first part pertains to the history and current state of the DVCC and includes Chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 is a description of the inception of DVCC and its evolution up until the year 2000 when the field research for this project began. Chapter 5 is a description of the DVCC at the time of the field research, a description of the domestic violence service community of which the DVCC is a part, a discussion of the perspectives about the police department expressed by members of the domestic violence service community, and a list of recommendations for improving police response to domestic violence developed by the Police Foundation.
The second part is comprised of Chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 6 is an analysis of the practice known as dual arrest, where police officers arrest both parties in an intimate assault. This exploratory analysis includes comparisons among cases resulting in issuance of a warrant, single arrest, and dual arrest as well as logistic regression analysis testing the relationship between case characteristics and dual arrest. Chapter 7 explores the utility of spatially analyzing reported intimate assault data by using several different methods to map these crimes and compare geographic patterns to neighborhood demographic characteristics.
Because this report covers a wide range of topics within the broad area of domestic violence, it is written so that each chapter ties in with the others, but contains a distinct qualitative or quantitative analysis that can be read separately. For this reason, each chapter includes its own conclusions, references, and in some cases summaries of relevant literature. Therefore, except for a general summary of literature on inter-agency domestic violence work, there are no overall summaries of literature, references, or conclusions.
The concern of this project is violence committed against one member of a current or past intimate couple by the other, which we refer to as intimate violence. “Domestic violence” is a broader term used to describe intimate violence as well as violence between non-intimate familial or household members. In the chapters summarizing literature and describing the DVCC, we use the term “domestic violence,” because this is a term conventionally used by interagency approaches; but regardless of the term used, throughout this report, our subject is intimate violence.
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http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/Inter-Agency_Response_DV.pdf
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Police Under Pressure
February 18, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books, relayed the announcement of the publishing of Police Under Pressure.
Police Under Pressue is an electronic book by the Australian author Roger F. Peters PhD. Dr. Peters is a psychologist who has been in clinical private practice for over 20 years in NSW Australia. Dr. Peters works extensively in the fields of employee assistance, trauma intervention and psychotherapy. Dr. Peters’s largest client group is police and he has written extensively in respect to their psychological health.
Police Under Pressure discusses the impact that operational policing can have on its members and their families. It is based on the author’s experience in working professionally with more than 3,000 police over the last two decades. Why do only 5% of Police in the NSW Police Force and even other agencies reach retirement age? Some of the answers are in this book. A police officer of 17 years standing said “I thought he was talking to me”.
While this handy book is based on some sound science, it nonetheless weaves together the lives and experiences of so many officers that police from any agency in the western world will relate to it well.
Police Under Pressure is a book that has also been written for those who work with police, as well as all emergency service personnel who will undoubtedly relate to the subject matter. It includes some of the approaches that Dr. Roger Peters takes with clients, especially in relation to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He poses the question “is it only PTSD? What about occupational burnout?”
Police Under Pressure takes the reader from a person’s motivations for entering career policing, the academy, then explains the accumulative affects of police work on them psychologically, emotionally, physically and spiritually. In addition, the resources and treatments available that can help police are fully explored. Importantly, the impact of stress on relationships is also discussed as well as the strategies needed if marriage is not to become a secondary casualty of police work. Finally, the major themes of resilience and ultimate skills of survival are taught.
This easy to read book will certainly assist families of police officers who may sometimes struggle to understand the changes in mood and attitude that so often occur among those who serve us, and who are involved in “civilian combat” and deal with human tragedy on an every day basis.
The book is an electronic book available from www.heas.com.au. Other books written by Dr. Roger Peters include: Managing the Impact of Trauma and A Wish Before Dying. These books are also available electronically from the web site, also.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 842 police officers (representing 382 police departments) and their 1777 police books in 32 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.
Police Under Pressue is an electronic book by the Australian author Roger F. Peters PhD. Dr. Peters is a psychologist who has been in clinical private practice for over 20 years in NSW Australia. Dr. Peters works extensively in the fields of employee assistance, trauma intervention and psychotherapy. Dr. Peters’s largest client group is police and he has written extensively in respect to their psychological health.
Police Under Pressure discusses the impact that operational policing can have on its members and their families. It is based on the author’s experience in working professionally with more than 3,000 police over the last two decades. Why do only 5% of Police in the NSW Police Force and even other agencies reach retirement age? Some of the answers are in this book. A police officer of 17 years standing said “I thought he was talking to me”.
While this handy book is based on some sound science, it nonetheless weaves together the lives and experiences of so many officers that police from any agency in the western world will relate to it well.
Police Under Pressure is a book that has also been written for those who work with police, as well as all emergency service personnel who will undoubtedly relate to the subject matter. It includes some of the approaches that Dr. Roger Peters takes with clients, especially in relation to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He poses the question “is it only PTSD? What about occupational burnout?”
Police Under Pressure takes the reader from a person’s motivations for entering career policing, the academy, then explains the accumulative affects of police work on them psychologically, emotionally, physically and spiritually. In addition, the resources and treatments available that can help police are fully explored. Importantly, the impact of stress on relationships is also discussed as well as the strategies needed if marriage is not to become a secondary casualty of police work. Finally, the major themes of resilience and ultimate skills of survival are taught.
This easy to read book will certainly assist families of police officers who may sometimes struggle to understand the changes in mood and attitude that so often occur among those who serve us, and who are involved in “civilian combat” and deal with human tragedy on an every day basis.
The book is an electronic book available from www.heas.com.au. Other books written by Dr. Roger Peters include: Managing the Impact of Trauma and A Wish Before Dying. These books are also available electronically from the web site, also.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 842 police officers (representing 382 police departments) and their 1777 police books in 32 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Advancement and Promotion in Law Enforcement
January 5, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) The January 9, 2008 program of Conversations with Cops at the Watering Hole features a nationally recognized expert on promotion and advancement in law enforcement.
Program Date: January 9, 2008
Program Time: 2100 hours, Pacific
Topic: Promotion and Advancement in Law Enforcement
Guest: Lieutenant Paul Patti (ret.)
Listen Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement
About the Guest
Lieutenant Paul Patti (ret.) has over 27 years of law enforcement experience in southeast Florida. His policing experience includes over sixteen years as a department commander; four years in charge of hiring and interviewing; and, more than seventeen years as a permanent member of the department's Oral Interview Panel where he was the "Hardass" member that interviewed OVER 500 applicants for law enforcement positions. Lieutenant Paul Patti’s training and education includes a BA in Criminal Justice and he is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute and many other certifications, and thousands of hours of law enforcement training.
Additionally, Lieutenant Paul Patti’s police experience also includes Personnel Commander, Police Firearms and Academy Instructor, Training Supervisor, Patrol Commander, SWAT Commander, Criminal Investigations Commander, Acting Chief of Police, Acting Deputy Chief of Police, and many other department assignments.
Lieutenant Paul Patti is a published author of fiction and non-fiction books, magazine articles and special features, and has over 20 years of experience in résumé writing, employment interviewing and job counseling. Lieutenant Paul Patti is the author of three books: Silhouettes: An Andy and Gabrielle Amato Mystery; Death Mate; and Dead Time. According to the books description of his latest book, Dead Time, “In this mystery-science thriller, dead people are spilling government secrets, via their computer-stored consciousness! The government wants to shut everyone up, permanently, but an FBI Agent and a beautiful scientist fight to keep the dead people talking.”
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting. During the first half-hour of the show, the host, a nationally recognized expert on law enforcement, interviews a subject matter expert on the topic. During the second half-hour the program is joined by two other cops who give a street-level perspective to the conversation.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a sworn member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years. He retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work. Raymond is currently a part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine, and Police One. He has appeared on the History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject matter expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
Listen, call, join us at the Watering Hole.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement
Program Date: January 9, 2008
Program Time: 2100 hours, Pacific
Topic: Promotion and Advancement in Law Enforcement
Guest: Lieutenant Paul Patti (ret.)
Listen Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement
About the Guest
Lieutenant Paul Patti (ret.) has over 27 years of law enforcement experience in southeast Florida. His policing experience includes over sixteen years as a department commander; four years in charge of hiring and interviewing; and, more than seventeen years as a permanent member of the department's Oral Interview Panel where he was the "Hardass" member that interviewed OVER 500 applicants for law enforcement positions. Lieutenant Paul Patti’s training and education includes a BA in Criminal Justice and he is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute and many other certifications, and thousands of hours of law enforcement training.
Additionally, Lieutenant Paul Patti’s police experience also includes Personnel Commander, Police Firearms and Academy Instructor, Training Supervisor, Patrol Commander, SWAT Commander, Criminal Investigations Commander, Acting Chief of Police, Acting Deputy Chief of Police, and many other department assignments.
Lieutenant Paul Patti is a published author of fiction and non-fiction books, magazine articles and special features, and has over 20 years of experience in résumé writing, employment interviewing and job counseling. Lieutenant Paul Patti is the author of three books: Silhouettes: An Andy and Gabrielle Amato Mystery; Death Mate; and Dead Time. According to the books description of his latest book, Dead Time, “In this mystery-science thriller, dead people are spilling government secrets, via their computer-stored consciousness! The government wants to shut everyone up, permanently, but an FBI Agent and a beautiful scientist fight to keep the dead people talking.”
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting. During the first half-hour of the show, the host, a nationally recognized expert on law enforcement, interviews a subject matter expert on the topic. During the second half-hour the program is joined by two other cops who give a street-level perspective to the conversation.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a sworn member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years. He retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work. Raymond is currently a part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine, and Police One. He has appeared on the History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject matter expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
Listen, call, join us at the Watering Hole.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement
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