Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation, with speaker notes, that analyzes police department organization. Include the following in the presentation:
- 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?