Criminal Justice Workplace Observation

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The Saline County Sherriff’s Department in Saline County Illinois is a strong law enforcement force and presence in the community. The leadership of the Saline County Sherriff’s Department is a strong but reliable presence to its employees. The leadership at the Sherriff’s department consists of the Sherriff, the Chief Deputy, Captain (oversees the jail), and the lieutenant (oversees dispatch). The behavior of the leadership at the Saline County Sherriff’s Department definitely has an influence on the employees there. One instance of this would be the recent scandal that has shaken not only the Sherriff’s department but the community as a whole. The chief deputy, who happens to be the school board president as well, was accused of repeated statutory rape of a minor under his command. This behavior is obviously unacceptable, but the employees of the Sherriff’s department refused to believe that their supervisor and co-worker could be capable of this kind of thing. His behavior was atrocious and if he was a regular citizen everyone would have been ready to throw him to the wolves. Because he was who he was and he did what he did for the community people believed that it was impossible for him to do the things that he was accused of. The Saline County Sheriff’s Department’s leadership and their behavior instill nothing but loyalty and trust from their employees and their community. The influence that the leadership has is because of their treatment of the community and their employees. The leadership and the department as a whole embrace the family environment just as much as any other department. Different cultures are

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