WEEK 3 Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
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2 or more people who cooperate to accomplish the same objective

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organization

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2
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larger organizations where people of the org are accomplishing different tasks towards a common goal

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bureaucracies

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3
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individuals report to someone higher than themselves

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chain of command

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4
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council-manager, mayor-council, and commission are…

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3 main forms of local government organizations

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5
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people elect city council members and help make the city function

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council-manager

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6
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mayor and city council are elected separately, paid the same way, strong vs week mayor structure

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mayor-council

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7
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mayor chairs city council meetings and is a voting member and has the ability to hire and fire

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strong mayor structure

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8
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mayor chairs meetings, but doesn’t vote and isn’t in charge of money

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weak mayor structure

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9
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people vote individual commissioner to a government board and each commissioner is in charge of a specific duty

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commission

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10
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this person said that bureaucracy is a division of labor, hierarchy, merit system, written rules, regulations, policies, and procedures

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max weber

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11
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finite # of people can supervise (5-7 people to productively supervise)

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span of control

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12
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no employee should have to report to more than 1 superior

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unity of command

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13
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giving those under you a job

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delegating

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14
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each job has its own chain of command

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division of labor

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15
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a broad statement issued to every member of the dept. that describes in general what the agency does

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policy

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16
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detail specific actions and what the officer will do, how they do their jobs

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procedures

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17
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defines what an officer can or cannot do

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rules

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18
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the force of law behind it, if you violate these you get in trouble with the law

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regulations

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19
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an officer who carries out primary tasks

20
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direct/control line officers (Sergent)

21
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help with training

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direct personnel

22
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police chief

23
Q

5 roles that impact what police’s role is

A

citizens, judicial, legislature, executives, and police

24
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interpret the law

25
make/create the laws
legislature
26
prosecutors, mayors, etc. can put restraints on what police officers to
executives
27
administrators, middle managers, first line supervisors
hierarchy of police leadership
28
overall responsibility, delegates to someone below them, the first level
administrators
29
plan special events, train officers and the second level
middle managers
30
review and approve reports, supervise line officers, and the third level
first-line supervisors
31
law enforcement, service, and order maintenence
3 functions of police
32
controlling crime by intervening when the law is broken, offender needs to be identified and the suspect must be apprehended
law enforcement
33
providing assistance to the public, usually in matters unrelated to crime
service
34
preventing behavior that threatens to disturb public peace, 80% of police activity, and possible violent situations where they use a lot of discretion
order maintenance
35
watchmen, legalistic, service
3 styles of policing
36
officer as a neighbor to people, order maintenance the most, use a lot of discretion
watchmen
37
see's the job as a soldier, law enforcement the most, ignore community issues if they don't/ didn't violate the law
legalistic
38
helper approach to serving the community and works hand and hand with social services, and want counseling over prosecution
service
39
20% of the population have a face-to-face interaction with police, what is the division
1/3 people seeking assistance, victim or witness a crime, and police initiated the contact
40
What hierarchy of police leadership are the chiefs and deputy chiefs
Administrators
41
What hierarchy of police leadership are the captains and lieutenants
Middle managers
42
What hierarchy of police leadership are the servants
First line supervisors
43
What hierarchy of police leadership have the overall responsibility
Administrators
44
What hierarchy of police leadership plan special events and train officers
Middle managers
45
What hierarchy of police leadership review and approve reports
First line supervisors