Police Supervision

law watch PSPOL 212 CASE STUDIES IN POLICE control ELIZABETH DIAZ FALL 2012 POLICE charge PSPOL 212 POLICE SUPERVISION CASE muse (2A) ELIZABETH DIAZ 10/14/2012 undercoat natural law mathematical functionr Jacob Goulde is a division of the Town of Utopia Police Department. Hes a married overprotect of dickens. ships officer Goulde has had a truly good sign record in the nine years hes counterfeited for the Utopia Police Department, but of late hes been observed making c arless f on the whole aways and his behavior is more and more disturbing to his supervisory program, serjeant Wentworth.During the locomote four or five months, Office Goulde has been turning in his reports late and with many mistakes. Hes c every(prenominal)ed sullen from build repeatedly, and shown up late to several(prenominal) of his tours, which is an unusual pattern for him. Hes missed an important police squad run into simply because he forgot round it. Hes as well as forgotten his radio on the roof of his guard simple machine, he drove off and the radio uphold damage that amounted to over six hundred dollars ($600). After be confronted by Sgt.Wentworth in a meeting between the two, ships officer Goulde was evasive with his responds and confrontational toward his sergeant saying he was probably coming down with a cold or something as a way of explanation for his aberrant behavior. As a parting remark he said take out off my back and left the meeting suddenly. After being designate desk commerce, Desk sergeant Katz also observed odd behavior from policeman Goulde on his tour. He brought it up to sergeant-at-law Wentworth who then asked Desk Sergeant Katz to put this in writing so that he can take a dissimilar course of action with ships officer Gould.ISSUES Mainly the issues that surround this case be the fact that Sergeant Wentworth has observed all of this declining behavior from Office Jacob Goulde and has not conterminously intervened to fi nd out the cause of this extreme attitude shift. Sergeant Wentworth should not withdraw had an unofficial meeting with his officer, but instead a more official gathering and offered support to the officer in erect to figure out what is causing all of these honorable mishaps.Desk Sergeant Katz is also suffering from the passing the buck syndrome. After incumbent Goulde was assigned desk duty on his shift, Sgt. Katz should track taken more extreme measures after dis dorsuming Officer Goulde drinking from a suspicious looking bottle and afterwards smell alcohol on his breath. Even though Officer Goulde isnt his immediate responsibility, in a police section everyone is responsible not simply of solving the crime but of holding each(prenominal) other accountable for their errors.SOLUTION (S) A police officer is held accountable to the loftyest degree of the law, but a supervisor is held at an even higher standard because theyre in charge of overseeing their subordinates. Sgt . Wentworth has failed to approach the issue when it first started, therefore not being proactive. Now, hes stuck with this issue and isnt exactly sure how to bind suit. He must remember that he is the one in statement and the one that needs to set rules and guidelines for the subordinates to follow.Perhaps giving the officer desk duty to be observed limitingly wasnt the best idea since he should possess been the one to look more closely into this problem with his officer. Sergeant Wentworth should grant made Officer Goulde go to mandatory counseling to help him with his problems, whatever they are. If he suffers from any sort of substance abuse or steamy distress, he would get the necessary help through the psych services offered by the surgical incision (EIU). Also, they have to set up a plan for the two to meet regularly and discuss the effects of the therapy and map out a route with a mutual goal.If this problem persists, Sergeant Wentworth has to take the write report b y Desk Sergeant Katz and go through the appropriate conduct for a formal hearing, that ordain somewhat force Officer Goulde to answer questions without allowing him any opportunity to walk out. He has already demonstrated that he has no regard for his Sergeant by being evasive and locomote out. Sergeant Wentworth has to become a democratic leader in effectuate to aid his subordinates with any problems theyre facing. POLICE SUPERVISION PSPOL 212 POLICE SUPERVISION CASE STUDY (2B)ELIZABETH DIAZ 10/14/2012 background signal Sergeant Wentworth is a sergeant at the Town of Utopia Police Department. After graduating high initiate and mentioning at the University of Pleasant, he took the exam for the Utopia Police Department and scored subject 3 which landed him a job in 1986. After his probation arrest ended, he was set(p) into one of the more productive squads. Sergeant Robert Hulett, who was cognise as an energetic workaholic, trained Wentworth. He scored number one on the en trance, sergeant and lieutenant examinations for the department.He was even better known for his ability to train and develop new officers. Wentworth was bright, quick to learn and had very high aspirations about becoming a long officer in this department and was delicious of being trained by Sergeant Hulett. Officer Shapiro has been an officer with the Utopia Police Department since 1971 and is assigned to police squad Z. He is known or so the department for being a quiet individual who worked at his own fuddled pace. The work he turned in contained errors but generally it was keep back pretty accurately and mostly on condemnation.Sometimes, Officer Shapiros behind manner of verbalizeing and of working(a) irritated his fellow officers and most of all Sergeant Wentworth, who needed him to respond a little more directly to situations that needed attention. Officer Shapiros work attendance was fairly original though he never placed punctuality very high on his priority li st. Shapiros absence last Monday however, caused a great deal of issues to his squad. Several officers had been sent to the Police Range for their firearms qualifications that left the squad short handed for road patrol.Shapiro didnt call in until an minute of arc after his shift was supposed to start, to say he wouldnt make it in to work. Sergeant Wentworth had to cover his shift after speaking to deputy Dunbar, who explicit his disappointment with Wentworth about his mismanaging his staff. Lt. Dunbar became even more infuriated when he learned that the tasks assigned to Sgt. Wentworth had not been completed. Sgt. Wentworth summoned Officer Shapiro to his office on Tuesday and conscious him that this situation needs to be rectified or there would be a formal complaint filed against him. ISSUESSquad Z and Sergeant Wentworth are having near issues with the work transaction of Officer Shapiro and the issues that have risen because of his erratic work attendance. Officer Shapiros slow work demeanor presents a heavy contrast between the fast pace work milieu of his squad. Officer Shapiros work attendance has caused sound issues not single for Squad Z but also for Sergeant Wentworth who was reprimanded by Lt. Dunbar. Sgt. Wentworth was forced to cover the shift of Officer Shapiro when most of the squad members were sent off for their firearms qualifications. Lt.Dunbar expressed his disappointment in Sgt. Wentworth for mismanaging his staff and not keeping proper track of the people he oversees. Although Officer Shapiros work is turned in and completed in a timely fashion, it still contains errors and he seems to be suffering from low work esprit de corps, which is why he seems unmotivated to be the best officer he can be. After discussing the possible repercussions of this act behavior with Officer Shapiro he simply shrugged his shoulders and asked to be dismissed, a wakeful indication that he doesnt care or isnt scare by a threat of ormal complaints ag ainst him. SOLUTION (S) Sgt. Wentworth, as a supervisor has to have the ability to be a decision-maker and set up stern guidelines for his staff to follow. Also, have the correct attitude to train his subordinates. A supervisor cannot criticize his subordinates, but instead needs to create an atmosphere where his officers will want to work efficiently. Sergeant Wentworth has to create a work environment where there is high morale and his officers feel productive and united, and demonstrate he is capable of patience with training the subordinates.As a supervisor, he has to recognize the emergency of training employees because they are the organizations most important resource. Sergeant Wentworth should send officer Shapiro for a refresher-training course where his skills will be impudent and reinforced, to check out that he is performing to the best of his abilities. His skills play a very important role in the day-to-day smooth operations of his squad. Also, he should set up som e time aside to review his work performance until he is satisfied they are up to department standards. POLICE SUPERVISION PSPOL 212POLICE SUPERVISION CASE STUDY (3B) ELIZABETH DIAZ 10/14/2012 BACKGROUND As the squad supervisor for Squad Z, Sergeant Wentworth has been concerned with the distressing performance of the squads officers and the recent drop in summonses and arrests. Sergeant Wentworth has been determined to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of his squad and as a result has decided to arrange a squad meeting and has placed it for the last day of the 8&2154 tour of squad Z, to ensure that the whole squad will attend. This meeting is an open forum musical mode to allow everyone to air his or her grievances.On the day of the meeting, Sgt. Wentworth opened the meeting by inviting everyone to voice their concerns about the reasons why theres poor performance and leave out of productivity coming from this squad. The first one to offer to speak was Officer Lockwood, wh o has always been someone hard to communicate with. According to Sgt. Wentworth she blames the supervisors for the lack of production from the squad. She went on to say that the faulty radar units purchased by the department are the reason for the decrease in summonses since theyre always in for repairs.She also expressed that it is the supervisors responsibility to provide their officers with working equipment. A remark by Officer Gardenia was very insensitive to Officer Lockwood, who left the room in tears and never returned. Next was Officer griffon vulture who has issues with several officers who do not clean out the squad cars, then called them sloppy pigs. Officers Goulde and Shapiro supported Griffins claims stating that maybe theyre dirty because supervisors fail to report them but they also took personal umbrage to Griffins name calling, which then set off several exchanges about sexism and passing the buck.Sgt. Wentworth who had been quietly observing these exchanges sai d, This meeting was a mistake. Officer McBride, who is usually quiet, spoke and said that the supervisors never really get word to their complaints. She also went on to say that in several occasions theyve account the faulty equipment, the conditions of the squad cars and that the morale on the squad has fallen hazardously low. Officer Griffin agrees with Officer McBrides claims saying he believes the supervisors are only interested in productivity and not listening to what they have to say.Sgt. Wentworth promised that he would take seriously the claims hes heard today. He then thanked Officer McBride for voicing her opinion and she stated that its only the tip of the iceberg and that there are other more serious things going on in this department than he realizes. She advised him to patrol the streets and check on what his officers are doing. ISSUES The main issues in this case study are the lack of productivity and decrease in arrests/summonses of Squad Z. thither is an obvious underlying reason as to why this squads morale has taken a nosedive.Sergeant Wentworths demeanor during the squad meeting was unnerving. He should have never allowed Officer Gardenia to speak to Officer Lockwood in such a way. If his intention was to hear the issues of his officers then he should have never allowed these shouting matches to go on in his presence. Although Officer Griffins concerns were valid he shouldnt have let him go at it with Officers Goulde and Shapiro. Lastly, he shouldnt have said that the meeting was a mistake, thats not reflective of a leader. He shouldve numbered that the meeting wouldnt just go smoothly.In fact, he shouldve prepared himself for several possible outcomes of the meeting, thats what a true leader does. Clearly there are serious issues that arent being handled by supervisors in order to restore morale and productivity to this squad. Sergeant Wentworth shouldve have undermined Sergeant McBride by telling her shed only been here a little whil e when she intended to have him further perspective about the real issues going on around the squad. Sgt. Wentworth needs to stop the buck here. SOLUTION (S) In order to adjudicate the issues that plague Squad Z, Sgt.Wentworth needs to sit down and make a plan that will show goals he wants for the squad and a time frame in which they must be done by. He has to consider the claims made by his officers and take them seriously. This is the moment when he has to become a Democratic Leader and seek ideas from his subordinates to ensure that these problems are eradicated. Sergeant Wentworth has to lead by example and treat his subordinates as colleagues, as oppose to nerve-racking to exert his will over them. He should make it mandatory that his officers attend a team-building seminar to bring his quad together and help them communicate with each other better and therefore making them better communicators toward their supervisors. Sergeant Wentworth seems to not take seriously the inte rnal complaints of his officers, but this should be so. A supervisors job is to take serious and show importance to all complaints no matter how important or not they seem to him, because clear it is important to his subordinate. Sergeant Wentworth needs to work on paying close attention to these complaints, as they seem to be the start of the bigger issues.POLICE SUPERVISION PSPOL 212 POLICE SUPERVISION CASE STUDY (4B) ELIZABETH DIAZ 10/14/2012 BACKGROUND Sergeant Wentworth went out on patrol shortly after xii midnight, when he observed two patrol cars parked side by side in an alleyway. After approaching the cars, he asked officer Shapiro and Ashford what they were doing outback(a) their sectors. Officer Shapiro replied they were just talking about where they would meet up later in their shift, which is in clear violation of the regulations set forth by the Utopia Police Department.Sgt. Wentworth sent them both on their way. As he keep to patrol the town, he heard dispatch ca ll patrol car 91 for several minutes. Without response, dispatch gave the call to patrol car 92, which was in a different sector. Sgt. Wentworth called headquarters and asked what was car 91s last known location and went in search of it. He tried to regain car 91 and the officer but neither could be found. Officer Ashford, of car 92, told the Sergeant that some cars went on to Castle Avenue to sleep.