Rixton is a small community of 16,000 people and has a police force of 36 officers. Police Chief Walton Eager came up through the ranks and is a very pleasant man, but he has a little administrative ability. () He uses the bulletin board every day to attach notes of procedures and policies to follow throughout each and every day, which some even back date more than several years. He is the type of Chief who makes no effort to determine whether his officers understand his policies and procedures, and most of the officers feel as if they do not need to pay any attention to any policies or procedures.
The Rixton police department has great officers who lack in leadership skills. There are a few that do cause some severe problems. Those officers…show more content… One clique believes that the police role is very militaristic. Some examples of how a few of the clique members approach their job at hand, the first example has to deal with a Patrol Officer Luigi Pasternak. Officer Pasternak, which is a former marine who collects guns and also believes that most people are criminals, received a radio call to a gas station argument. Upon receiving the call, Pasternak said “Good, Maybe I’ll get a chance to crack someone’s head.” Another example of what a patrol officer thinks about his job is Patrol Officer Brodie Fishbaum. When Officer Fishbaum is asked what changes he would recommend changing the Rixton Police Department to make the department look more professional, the officer remarked, “I’d make it more military, have them all get haircuts and have them wear combat boots. Commenting on his role he stated. “I like this (police work). This is just like being in te military. At least I think so. Pasternak and I think we are.” The third example of the another officer within the same clique is Patrol Officer Moody Mickehaus. Officer Mickehaus, which commented on the fact that Officer Fishbaum and Officer Pasternak were transferred to his shift, he states that “Now that Officer Fishbaum and Officer Pasternak are back, you’ll see a lot of
