What is leadership and how does it affect the police organization?

What will be an ideal response?


Leadership is getting things done through other people. Leaders ensure that tasks are accomplished and goals are reached. Administrators in a police organization guide and lead the department by setting an overall direction and are at the highest levels within a police department. Administrators by working with governing officials and citizens identify priorities or goals.

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What are some of the challenges associated with a mass disaster scene in a remote location?

What will be an ideal response?

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The Federal Government views accountability as a key enabler of success

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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How did the results of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment affect the implementation of the 911 system?

a. Callers had unrealistic expectations of police performance. b. Police departments had stopped hiring officers and thus became overwhelmed with calls. c. Most officers were focused on foot patrol rather than responding to calls. d. The system was not received well because callers had negative impressions of police.

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The process of selecting a subset of elements from a population in which every population element has a known, non-zero chance of being selected is referred to as ______.

a. probability sampling b. snowball sampling c. non-probability sampling d. convenience sampling

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