police organization Essay

Submitted By lily_flower2004
Words: 380
Pages: 2

Cassi Stewart

The formal police organization is described as a bureaucracy with an authoritarian management style and is successful in working through communications, coordination, and control which is very vital. The typical police organization has a Chief, Captian, Lieutenant, Deputies, and non-sworn supporting staff and personnel.

(awakendetroit.com)

This is a very small sample of a police organization, the chart can grow larger with the added departments, such as investigation units, drug/gang units and special operations.
The relations between individuals and the staff, or non-sworn employees such as secretaries or administrators are often at odds with each other due to the sworn employees not believing their work is equal or important to the of the non-sworn employees, however, this relationsip is vital and each should rely heavily on each other to get the job done. These relationship must be respectful at all times, as they are all working towards the same goal, the safety of the community. social economic and health
There are many social, economic, and health hazards of policing, most civilians either tend to think one of two ways towards police officers. Either they don't trust the police, or they feel like the police officers are more important, and although respectful this alienates the officers from society. There are many stigmas with the economic aspect of the police force. It is well known that police officers have a low salary when they first start out. Even a vetern police officer may