Law Enforcement Management Principles

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LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT CJUS 630-1301B-01 Dr. Dorian Amstel Phase Two Project Discussion Board Assignment Bennett & Hess, Chapters 1, 2, 4, 9, & 15 Due March 3, 2013 ABSTRACT In this assignment we will be discussing the importance of having the correct policies, procedures, and regulations available for the Law Enforcement Officers to have at their reach when completing their line of work. We will be completing a data library with all the necessary information they need to complete their work. RUNNING HEAD: EVERYONE MUST GO BY THE SAME SET OF LAWS The most important management principle in Law Enforcement would be to set organizational goals and objectives. A good way to achieve this would be by the use of CompStat. CompStat which is short for Computer Comparison Statistics, is used in the Law Enforcement field because “it is an innovative business management process, system, and strategic methodology that assists an organization in achieving its mission and goals.” (Godown, J., 2013.) The CompStat is important to the management principles of Law Enforcement because it is transferrable, compatable, and it is replicable. Law Enforcement agencies use this method as a crime control process which in turns create reoccurring meetings that happens on a regular bases and where an assessment is performed to look for areas that can use improvement. This method is so equipped and versitale that it can also analyze the numbers of crimes and their locations as well as the amount of arrests and suspects that have been apprehended. It also gives you a list of the victims that the crimes happened to, it provides the days and times in which the criminal activities occurred. Once all of this information is collected, the method then produces a way to reduce these incidences. “. The CompStat process encourages creativity in creating strategies,

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