Managing and Leading Today's Police : Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies
Kenneth Peak; Larry K Gaines; Deputy Chief Ronald W Glensor
9780134701271
0-13-470127-5
For courses in police administration and management. A problem-solving approach to modern police leadership Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, and Case Studies provides a comprehensive insider's view into the challenging work of police leaders at all levels of management. Using a problem-based learning approach, the authors draw on their extensive practical experience to critique the organizational, personnel, and operational issues facing police agencies and to assert "what works" in contemporary police management. The 4th edition is a major revision, moving from a supervision to a management perspective. It covers new policing strategies, methods, and technologies transforming the field and demanding new knowledge of police supervisors, managers, and leaders.