Leadership Primer Lessons

Integrity and honor, servanthood, mentorship, professionalism, positive attitude, reinforcement and accountability, and proactive communication is what Jack E. Enter P.h. D states is the seven laws of leadership in his book, “Challenging the Law Enforcement Organization; Proactive Leadership Strategies.” Enter indicates the purpose of this book is to develop leaders whom are abnormal and different from most. This book identifies poor and successful leadership traits based on Enter’s education, his personal experiences in law enforcement, teaching, and from his personal life.

Tanner, I really like how your post identified that organizational principles are important for law enforcement agencies and the community, since they possess a reciprocal relationship. I agree the chain of command is important to establish formal lines of communication, especially when solving issues at the appropriate organizational level. Additionally, we both agree that unity of command is important because it limits confusion between supervisors and subordinates. It is paramount that subordinates and supervisors understand each other’s work habits and preferences, since majority of law enforcement duties are resolved utilizing the on-scene officer’s discretion.

UK police are one of the professional police around the world and for their professionalism, commitment, motivation and commitment of supply for their activities and the country as a whole known. Like any other force, they take the motivation to continue their level of commitment. Depending upon the level of organization, there are a number of motivational factors and theories that maintain this level of motivation at the top of the world, but there is another factor, which provides a roadmap for organizations in terms of professional obligations. This is leadership.

Recognizing the contributions of others requires leaders to expect the best from their team. When leaders set the tone of high expectations the organization takes on an efficacious culture where excellence is the established norm. A self-fulfilling prophecy of high expectations envelopes the group as a whole. Kouzes & Posner write that “Exemplary Leaders elicit high performance because they strongly believe in the abilities of their constituents to achieve even the most challenging goals” (p. 276).

Leaders in criminal justice system face myriad of issues that require subtle leadership skills. Particularly, criminal justice system has faced increased challenges emanating from the issues of youth violence, the three-strike legislation as well as surge in the level of drugs in communities. This report seeks to explore the issues and analyze them from the perspective of a criminal justice leader. Besides, the report will highlight various leadership theories that will help the criminal justice system to deal with the emerging issues. The main objective of this report is to identify various theories that influence leadership styles especially amid such issues as drugs and youth violence within the context of criminal justice administration. The research is important in the sense that it will provide results that will provide

Today’s Police leaders face daily challenges, e.g. violent crime, civilian unrest, terrorism, and being targeted themselves of unprovoked violent attacks, and the style and practice of police leadership is gradually evolving (Batts et all, 2014). For instance, when the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred in New York City, law enforcement; local, state, and federal public safety personnel responded. While there were many examples of heroism on that day, there were also many examples of failed leadership: By far, the most critical was that prior leadership development and planning was poor as demonstrated by the lack of coordination amongst first responders- the incident command system did not function to integrate awareness among agencies or to facilitate interagency responses that resulted in first responders fatalities (911 Report, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States); and information that was critical to inform leadership decision making was not shared amongst agencies. These agencies had never developed a leadership plan or trained to address a critical incident of this magnitude (911 Report, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States).

All organizations, especially law enforcement agencies, require leadership. Maintaining a dependable leadership structure is key to the success of any organization. The philosophy of the modern style of police leadership involves a leader who is strong, competitive and unreceptive to change. Police leadership is based from an autocratic style which is founded on integrity and courage, embracing teamwork, involvement and shared leadership (Cordner & Scarborough, 2010). This style of leadership works well in an emergency situation in which rapid decision making and strict control is needed. The negative aspect to this style of leadership is the inability of the organization to function with the absence of leadership.

It is interesting to dwell on the fact that Frankl’s book is considered to be the foundational reading for leadership in law enforcement. Man’s Search For Meaning helps people to understand that it is not as hard to be a leader as it seems to be, because any

There are thirteen applicable police leadership approaches when communicating with others. Each one of these approaches has their strengths and weaknesses when applied to the management of correctional officers, which adds to the diversity of the field. In this paper, I will be discussing the theory of leadership and giving in police leadership. The pros and cons of leadership and giving will also be analyzed. Within the chosen theory is several business relationship categories which show how others can or may perceive them based on these traits. Additionally, the traits discussed in this paper can further be applied to probation officers in their daily setting.

Looking at past methods showed a tendency toward using what most would call a classis leadership style, emphasizing structure and management through principles such as unity of command, chain of command and delegation of authority. Although still applicable, and still taught for use in certain situations. As stated in Administration of Police Agencies, Theories of (n.d.), “It is consistent with the Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) that are federally mandated for response to major homeland security crises, and it provides an appearance, at least, of close control over power and discretion that is comforting to citizens and police administrators alike” (p. 1). We also think of the military, or autocratic, when looking at this method.

By doing this, one can see how officers and civilian employees really feel about agency rules and regulations that affect their work and personal lives and what changes in the rules and/or perceptions need to be changed and how to do it (Iannone et al, 2009). By being sensitive to other’s feelings, a supervisor can discover his own shortcomings and learn to be a better leader (Iannone et al, 2009). A police supervisor must not simple manage; he or she must lead, which according to President Eisenhower means to “get someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it” (What is leadership, 2016, par. 2). If not, he will surely lose control of his

There are many theories about different aspects of leadership and the effectiveness of each in a criminal justice setting. Contemporary research brings into focus the behavioral approach and the contingency approach. The behavioral approach emphasizes the behavior of leaders while the contingency approach emphasizes situational variables that affect leadership.

Police leadership uses standardization and procedure as a way to create consistency and predict¬ability in law enforcement operations (Batts, Smoot, & Scrivner, 2012). The San Diego Police Department, like nearly all law enforcement agencies uses leadership models mimicking the United States military. Paramilitary organizations use highly structured framing to conduct business operations. The structural frame creates compartmentalized specialization, and predictable, uniform task performance desired by police executives. The tightly designed rank-and-file structure delineates locus power and control based on position (Bolman & Deal, 1991). Power rests at the top. Contained with this structure is top-down control of personnel,

It is most probably every police managers’ dream to one-day retire from law enforcement and begin their new life in retirement. Retirement brings the time to enjoy all those things that they did not have time for due to the demands their job. As to when some police executives will retire revolves around the question of, “Is there someone within the organization that is ready to step-in and take over the operation of the department?” Much debate has taken place nationally about how the upcoming new law enforcement leaders will run their organizations in the 21st Century, and some police managers wonder if these new leaders will be properly prepared and up for the challenge (Taylor et al., 2006, p. 2). When the new leader is selected, they can either hit the ground running or they can hit the ground stumbling, and their success or failure can partially be attributed to how they were developed, coached, and mentored by their superiors.

As a child playing the infamous police and robbers, the thought of what he or she wants to do with his or her lives takes a major pivotal approach to growing up. It seems that everyone needs protection and the best way to accomplish this would be to choose the career of an officer. According to Hendricks, the major element consists of the individual a natural born leader (Hendricks, 2011). Additionally, another vital part is that in which the individual finds it easy to work within a chain of command career. Officers must take their career seriously to the point that he or she would be willing to lose their own lives for the protection and service that society needs.