Administration Aspects of Policing within Policing Organizations Police administration provides the structure, direction, and the atmosphere for effective policing to occur. The nature of policing as an institution of social control and service presents both challenges and opportunities to police administrators. To help with assigning work assignments and responsibilities by establishing work boundaries for people and the unit the administrative process was designed. Administration refers to the general managing and organizing that occurs at the highest levels of an organization. Administrators must develop ways of controlling the department to ensure that personnel and units follow the guideposts that are place. Additionally, administrators must ensure that there is adequate funding for the programs that are also implemented; it is a complicated task especially as a department becomes larger. The best way to understand administration and what administrators do is identify the activities associated with administration. Guilick (1937), an early administrative theorist, outlined administrative responsibilities using the acronym POSDCORB. The classic description of administration is still accepted today as one of the most appropriate for identifying administrative functions: (1) planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting. The administrator must be diligent, competent, and dedicated to the department and the community as well in order to be successful. Law enforcement is constantly changing; police procedures taught today may be proven unsafe and outdated tomorrow. Police practices, technology, and laws are forever changing as well. Criminals are becoming more sophisticated and administrators are also looking for ways to improve themselves and their organizations. If police departments are to maintain the respect and