Question: 1. What is an example of some of the leadership characteristics and responsibilities within policing organizations? How do these leadership characteristics translate into overall organizational effectiveness? What recommendations would you suggest so that policing organizations are more successful?
2. What are the various perspectives of policing functions at the state level? How do these perspectives differ from those at the federal level in regard to organizational levels and management? How can we improve these organizational functions at the local, state, and federal levels? Explain.
3. Where does organizational management differ from administration? How does organizational management and administration affect operational aspects of policing? Is there a better solution to the administration of policing organizations? Explain.
4. What are the prevailing theories of crime control? How does these crime control theories impact the overall policing function and its success? How does the data support the notion that crime control theories positively (or negatively) impact policing functions? Explain.
5. Read and summarize 'building capabilities'
6. Read and summarize proactive
Article: 1. Proactive Policing: Standing on the Shoulders of Community-Based Policing (By Curtis Clarke)
2. Building capability throughout a change effort: leading the transformation of a police agency to community policing (By J. Kevin Ford)