Historically, police executives have sought to distance themselves from police misconduct as a form of political survival. Rather than addressing the true causes, they seek quick fixes. Quick fixes...

Running Head: POLICE FORCE ANALYSIS
Running Head: POLICE FORCE ANALYSIS
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POLICE FORCE ANALYSIS
Police Force Analysis
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Police Force Analysis
Major Challenges Facing Police Executives in the 21st Century
In the 21st century, executives in the police force are faced with challenges that include political, ethical, and relationship issues within and outside their departmental offices.
Ethical Challenges
The American Heritage Dictionary defines ethics as standards or rules that govern the conduct of members of a given profession. Basing on this definition, police executives are faced with the challenge of determining the perspective that public members hold towards police force conduct. Generally, policing is faced with an image problem. What print and visual media such as television, radios, newspapers, and magazines present to the public in daily headline news is a true reality of what goes on within the American police force. A good example is assaults on Rodney King in Los Angeles that took place in Californian in 1991. The incidence was photographed, audio and video taped and has become an instrument used to showcase the nature of interactions that exists between the police and the public. Such events have posed a challenge on police executives in their effort to improve ethical image of the profession (Middleton-Hope, 2007, p. 4).
Most of the contacts police make with members of the public involve confrontation or crisis. The interactions made either involve an a
est or citation. However, the public expects that police officers involved express some sense of courtesy and professional compassion in their effort to impose co
ection measures. Besides, they are expected to uphold core values stipulated by the police department. The public expects that police officers that fail to meet these requirements be punished by police executives. However, in the event of securing personal identity, honesty, career, and image, police executives fail to punish some police officers that do not conform to such requirements (Brown, 2011, p. 25).
Political Challenges
The police force is characterized by a complex system, which influence administrative processes. Precisely, the reporting structure is affected by daily operations of the department. Police executives experience challenges in their attempt to effectively manage political activities within the reporting structure. In the event to achieve and communicate co
ect message and receive appropriate feedback related to a particular incidence or situation, police executives are forced to attend events, meetings, and functions in person. This sometimes proves difficult to them, a factor that has resulted to wrong messages communicated to the public hence ruining the image of the department (Mo
eale & Ortmeler, 2013).
Police executives are also faced with the problem of establishing and maintaining a mass collaborative executive team. Although presented with best people that are well trained, establishing an executive team that works together in making decisions and meeting set objectives proves difficult for...