Research Paper On Tell The Police Story

Tell the Police Story

Many Americans undervalue police service. Police leaders must tell the police story. Police leaders must develop and implement plans to communicate an honest portrayal of police work directly to the American people. In today’s climate, this is not an easy task and the greatest challenge likely will be obtaining broad support, consensus, and cooperation from police executives. Developing a marketing communication strategy that tells the true story of policing will offset media accounts of policing that is often negatively slanted and sensationalized. Telling factual stories of dedicated service by honorable police officers values those who serve in the profession and increases the likelihood that good potential applicants

Sound conduct by police improves community interactions, enhances communication, and promotes shared responsibility for addressing crime and disorder. Police departments can repair and strengthen community relationships by understanding and training officers on three key concepts: procedural justice, bias reduction, and racial reconciliation. Together and when implemented, these concepts create an environment in which effective partnerships between the police and citizens can flourish. Centering a police department on principles of human dignity is not a substitute for traditional and creative methods of rooting out corruption and inhumane conduct. Police departments must be committed to screening, training, supervising, disciplining, and proactively detecting improper conduct by officers. Departments must endeavor to convince officers that they are public trustees and that public service is ultimately self-service: that betrayal of public trust denigrates offending officers, colleagues, and all those they hold dear (O’Donnell,

A shared vision of an organization’s future must be consistently encouraged and communicated to take root, spread and foster an environment of excellence (Senge, 1990). The policing profession’s effectiveness relies on its ability to attract quality people. Police departments must recruit and select a new breed of police officer. Quality officers are increasingly needed to work with community and government stakeholders to address quality-of-life issues and to prevent crime. Good police officers- on the beat and the front-line supervisors, all the way up to chief executives—are the lifeblood of the police organization. Proper recruitment and selection of officers is paramountly important. In today's world of video cameras and global news networks, more and more spheres of social and political life are being laid open to public scrutiny. The police must be transparent in all spheres including internal and external investigations, how they treat minorities, and how they deal with use of force incidents. Police departments can repair and strengthen community relationships by understanding and training officers on ethics and integrity, bias reduction, and racial reconciliation. Together and when implemented, these concepts create an environment in which effective partnerships between the police and citizens can