Case 2: Rixton- PAGE 476-477 ...
1. How (and why) does a minority police subculture develop in a police organization?
2. How can two such different cliques (the dominant culture and the minority subculture) coexist within one small police organization?
3. In your opinion, why has Rixton been so fortunate in developing a fairly positive dominant police culture?
4. If you were an officer in this police department and got assigned to the same patrol shift as Pasternak, Fishbaum, and Mickehaus, what would you do?
5. If you were a sergeant in charge of the patrol shift to which Pasternak, Fishbaum, and Mickehaus were assigned, what would you do to direct and control their behavior?
6. If Chief Eager retired and you were appointed police chief in Rixton, what would you do to reduce the size and influence of the minority police subculture?"
5. Explain how the six management functions are distributed across levels of the organization. Here’s a very short video about the importance of first-line supervisors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ue3XwGMAw. What are its implications for police departments? Identify the five basic steps in the planning process. Identify the main components of the police staffing function.
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