•Identify major organizational theories associated with policing.
•Describe the organization of police agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
•Describe the civil service system and how it affects police organization.
•Select a city in which one of your team members is currently living. Imagine you are the police chief of a local agency in that city.
•How would the team organize the department?
•Would it have many specialized units? Why? Which specialized units would it have?
•Would decision making be centralized or decentralized?