Captain Edith Strong Case Study Paper Brandy Alston
University of Phoenix
Managing Criminal Justice Personnel
CJA/474
Professor Leroy Hendrix
November 6, 2013

Captain Strong’s Case Study Paper
Introduction
Captain Edith Strong is a current watch commander in the city of Rogersville’s Field Operation Division; where she is a veteran working in law enforcement for 18 years. The city of Rogersville has a population of 101,000 individuals and the city is 65.4 square mile. Rogersville Field Operation Division mainly consisting of white men and every job is specific to every officer that goes by there own job classification systematically to do, the accurate of chain of command. Detouring from the job classification results in disciplinary conduct, more then likely a write up, the manpower in this division is at 58% in which they are responsible for 62% of the department’s workload. This division has a lieutenant that works as an assistant; there are three watch commanders who are also lieutenants, one sergeant for traffic that looks over six officers, a sergeant that works in a unit responsible for neighborhood police that looks over 10 officers, 71 patrol officers. Those officers’s assigned to special task has higher satisfaction and morale, because they are able to engage with different officer’s creating a trusting relationship. Seemingly, patrol officers are annoyed with the constant workload that led officers to by pass completing everything on their shift. This maybe because of the policy of the department which is two officer’s at a time for break or outside backup. This gives little chance for a relationship among officers. This ultimate frustration has the division’s skillfulness to perform in danger. This paper will address different situations for a solution to meet the employee’s needs and the department needs (More, Vito & Walsh,