Effective communication and information sharing are key ingredients in successful inter-agency relationships. Building positive relations through open communication and trust are essential in developing and maintaining a healthy work environment. When agency rivalry occurs, proactive preventative measures must be utilized to continue productive and positive relationships. The Brownwood Police Department and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to overcome agency rivalry among the narcotic division to create and implement a regional drug task force. Collaborative communication will be a key component in the development of the task force. In 2016 both the Brownwood Police Department and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office transitioned …show more content…
“Proactively reaching out to partner with other agencies and community groups enhances positive relationships and often results in the formation of strong friendships” (LEPS 510 Module 3). A meeting was scheduled to “air out” past grievances. The narcotic investigators, their direct supervisors, and both agency department heads attended the meeting. The meeting quickly turned confrontational between the investigators. They were not able to listen effectively as they allowed past experience and expectations to shape what they expected to see and hear (Fitch, B. 2016). The investigators treated each other rudely and were critical of one another in the past. The department heads and supervisors, who were acting as facilitators, were unable to utilize a core principle of the IMPACT model being identify and manage emotions. The facilitators became emotionally involved which created more conflict. “To complicate things, when conflict does arise, there is an instinctive tendency to bunker down and reinforce the lines between competing groups” (Reynolds, B 2014). They would have benefitted from incorporating tools to assist in managing the meeting and the emotions involved. “Three of the most effective tools for managing strong emotions are asking questions, reframing, and paraphrasing” (Fitch, B. 2016
The topics of interest pertained to individual’s life history, initiation into the drug world, the evolution of their drug career, the reasons for participating in the drug lifestyle, and their overall perceptions of their community. Interviews spanned six years, including follow-up interviews resulting in 10 to 30 hours of interviews per primary
One of the skills that helps me towards my professional development, is the necessary skill of effective communication. I’ve spent majority of my time at community boards conversing with people and my co-workers. Whether I was explaining the process to a client or troubleshooting a client’s issue with Cordell or Mac, every conversation I had, has helped me become a better communicator. Thus helping my professional objective of working in Law Enforcement, which I feel, requires the ability to effectively and concisely communicate with others. When I do achieve my professional goal of being in Law Enforcement, I can tap into Community Board’s resources, for they work with various groups in San Francisco, such as with the District Attorney’s office or the local law enforcement officers. If I were to become an officer for the San Francisco Police Department, I would be able to call Cordell or Mac and discuss the best way I could deal with a potential conflict encounter. For instance, if I were to be at a school and some kids were having issues, I could relay that conflict to Community Boards and their pool of mediators in order to deal with the kids. Another possibility and has happened throughout my summer at Community boards, is that if I were to be the police officer and cannot help the person at all or they need a service that I can’t provide, I can refer them to Community Boards and they are able to help them directly or refer them to the correct agency that can. I’ve already taken the next step in my career development, for now I’m working at the Daly City Police Department as an intern and getting my foot in the door that may lead me into many different paths throughout the Criminal Justice system. Community Boards has complemented my academic studies by allowing me to better grasp the different
On September 21, 2016, I attended my first Narcotic’s Anonymous (NA) meeting at Cana Lutheran Church. Before attending this meeting, I had some preconceived views on what an ordinary NA meeting might be like. I originally thought of the meeting only as a group of individuals seated in a circle while sharing their feelings. I imagined that these people might be forced to attend the meeting by a spouse or some other influence in their lives. However, I was certainly mistaken. This meeting was much more; in fact, it is an essential part of the recovery process for many.
Simmons, K. C. (2008). The Politics of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration in the Federal Reform of Local Law Enforcement Agencies. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973- ), 98(2), 489-246.
In Shane’s article he mentioned that to attaining realistic results, teams would have to join resources in order to achieve it (Shane, 2004). For crime to be reduced relentless follow-up and assessment should be done. It encourages progressive review of the department to ensure reduction in crime patterns; annual meeting are held to review statistics and crime reports. This meeting ensures that departments, commanders, supervisors and patrol officers are executing effective strategies and proper use of resources.
The Service Center’s relationship between departments and their respective managers were strained and lacked successful communication. All the departments have drastically different issues and were unable to come together to make joint decisions for the greater good of the organization.
Substance addiction is becoming an epidemic. While some people can quit using a substance without any help, most people need help to their recovery. Narcotics anonymous is an important support group for our society. There are many different narcotic anonymous programs to join that have meetings throughout the week. The members of the support group all share one thing in common, they suffer from different types of chemical dependency. Members help each other because they have the same problems and worries that everyone in the room has. Though they may be struggling with different stages in their life, for the most part, they all relate to what each is going through. Just as AA, NA focuses on the 12-step program. The members of
Police agencies must develop positive rapport and channels of communication with diverse communities in order to achieve goals and avoid conflicts. Racism, discrimination, and miscommunication have been the cause of countless police shootings in this past month. Police leaders must find innovative methods to collaborate
It has been estimated in a study by the American Management Association that managers spend between 20% to as much as 50% of their times dealing with conflict among their employees (American Sentinel, 2012). When workplace conflicts are left unresolved they can lead to dissatisfaction, depression and other problems such as aggression and violence (Whitworth 2008). The negative, sometimes hostile, environment created by unresolved conflict has been recognized to be a hazard not only to staff, but also to patient care (The Joint Commission 2008).
Respectively departmental managers and supervisors associate with managers and leaders of the same rank. While the CHP strives to foster a family atmosphere and encourages all employees to utilize their ‘partners’ or colleagues for many issues that may arise on a daily basis whether work related or of a personal nature the interaction is limited to individuals within an individual’s rank. This family focused attitude helps to alleviate some of the stresses that are common within the law enforcement profession. The camaraderie that is created is valuable to organizational moral and overall
Kania & Davis states, “One rarely even decides anything without significant input from coworkers, support staff, and subordinates, especially the planners and budgetary analysts on a work team” (Kania & Davis, 2012, p. 8). In any work capacity, team work will always be mentally and physically beneficial to the officer, squad and department. Police departments in the United States are para military command structures, by which the efforts of an officer affects each and every member of the department. Team work often builds stronger relationship between supervisors and officers. Team building not only accomplishes tasks and goals more efficiently, but it also builds rapport, comradely, and provides superior service to the community.
For my interview I attended a ride along with the Goodyear Police Department with Officer Bengt Erickson and we patrolled the streets of Goodyear Arizona for the better part of my whole Friday night. Some of the things that I learned while attending this ride along and asking Officer Erickson questions are that most of the Phoenix area police department’s computer systems do not actually talk or sync up with each other to provide better coverage and information sharing. There is a for profit company called Cop Link that department’s across Phoenix can pay a monthly amount and join that allows for better information sharing but Goodyear PD does not pay to use this system. To me especially after analyzing community policing policies this seems like it is counterproductive and I feel like in a city as large as Phoenix that information sharing between department’s would be an invaluable resource. I also learned that the city of Goodyear is broken down into 3 different districts of patrol and they do not use the term beat anymore. The most interesting fact from conversation was that the officers of Goodyear PD are allotted money and allowed to buy their own firearms with only restrictions on the weapon having to be a Glock and of the .40 and .45 caliber and they get to keep them. Another thing that I learned is
Rosen, L. D., Cheever, N. A., Cummings, C., & Felt, J. (2008). The impact of emotionality and
Prior to the relationship building assignments, I had never written a professional thank you note to a professor or place of business. I had a pen pal throughout middle school and also wrote notes to teachers that I had built a relationship with in high school, but neither were to the same degree of professionalism as I learned to utilize in this course. My notes mainly focused on updates of how I was, how my family was, and maybe a few questions to cap off the note.
Mayer and Salovey (2001) maintained that emotions help prioritise, decide, anticipate and plan one’s actions. In order to effectively manage one’s emotions, one must first learn to identify and recognise them accurately. They should not neglect their emotions as this will reflect lack of self-awareness. For example, when someone lost their loved ones, they choose to be in a state of denial allowing themselves to be drowned in depression and sickness. They refused to get away from feeling negative and find solutions to overcome their emotions. These group of people face difficulties in recognising, identifying and managing their emotions.