Research suggests that empowerment is an important vehicle for improving service delivery and performance.
How can agencies survive budget costs and diminishing resources while still keeping their communities safe? Consortiums are quickly becoming the answer.
Do your research and follow an outline to create a fleshed out protocol that benefits your agency and officers.
Effective leadership can inspire employees to become invested in your agency, ensuring organizational success.
Stumbling blocks can hamper supervisors' efforts, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't keep trying.
Law enforcement agencies and officers face considerable liability when things go bad during operations, so mitigating this risk is critically important.
In today's world there are supervisors who act to protect themselves from the fear of failing, the fear of confrontation, and the fear of dealing with their own mediocrity.
As a supervisor, making sure that policies and procedures are being followed should be part of your daily routine. Following these protocols creates a baseline that gives you much needed consistency during any operation. That baseline is what I call Cop 101.
Have you ever been in a situation where you were trying to find out why something happened and you got nowhere? Nobody cared because no one was holding them accountable.
I document my attempts to seek people's cooperation and move on. It's my "If it's not important to you, it's not important to me" axiom.