Policing Development and Operation Trends 350 , administration

The authors of this essay would like to also explore more on “Policing Development and Operation Trends” from an administration aspect of the “past, present and future”. These trends and their impact on how they affect the advancements in various policing organizations and their operation, things that are and will be affected are combining services, retirement qualifications will be amended, being able to effectively service the smaller communities and adjust hiring practices and training (Walker & Katz. 2008).

Policing during the mid-Nineteenth Century had struggled to obtain command of its organization. First it was administration had to wrestle against politicians and all of their components for control. So many police in administrative positions were connected in some way or another; their campaigns were funded by politicians so they became their puppets and at th8er beck and call. Then as administration began to wrestle away for the choke hold that the politicians had on them by the mid-twentieth century they became victim to their own policies and methods one such method is the so-call rapid response number “911” from their service system. The next struggle that the administration is a work in evolution,

Not that the administration of any police unit is a multifaceted task, one such task is to manage a department of personal of various and different nationality and these individuals work in different capacities within the unit and with different goals but for the same cause. The function and purpose of the police administration is to supervise and control its administrators, and officers under their command in addition they are accountable to maintain moral leadership. There are several names and positions held by those who work in administration capacity such as security operations director, chief of police and chief probation officer (Walker & Katz. 2008).

And if police administration and those in management position do not prepare appropriately in the present than unfortunately they will not be able to execute their responsibilities tomorrow, for the success of the future within police administration will take more testing and training of its personal. No issue that may lie ahead for police administration and its administrators they must stay focus towards tomorrow and not on the tried and true methods of the yesteryear her past.

Reference:

Walker, S., & Katz, C.M. (2008). The police in America: An introduction (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.