As a Police Chief and a servant of God, you need to help restore order to your community while safeguarding officer protection. First, discuss the steps you would take to help develop a good working relationship with the City Council members. Second, your attention now turns to your officers. As an experienced leader, you know that your officers need guidance and support. To lessen the use of force, your officers require training in procedural justice
Congratulations! You are the new Police Chief in a rather large city where an officer-involved shooting occurred less than one year ago. Your officer shot and killed an unarmed man, but a jury acquitted the officer of all charges in the shooting. The announced verdict generated an uptick in crime in your city, resulting in a Department now engaged in de-policing. (See the Learn item Read: The Assailant Study – Mindsets and Behaviors.) Due to the lack of community support, over 30% of your officers have either resigned or retired. Your city operates under a council-manager form of government composed of a mayor and six council members (all elected positions).
Before you even had a chance to put your coffee mug on your new desk, your administrative assistant ran into your office yelling, "they're here!" You find out that a protest march is underway, with numerous reporters working their way through the melee. Your community has lost trust in your Police Department and the local court system, and they are demanding that you do something. The City Council members make their way into your office. Weary of your Department's ineffectiveness, the City Council members want to discuss reallocating funding away from your Department to other local government agencies. One newly appointed council member has already voted to deny a departmental request for much-needed replacement body armor.
With all this in mind, you pause a moment and say, "Good to see you all. You saved me a phone call. Come, let's sit down and discuss what we can do to help our community."
Based on the above scenario, respond to the following questions:
- As a Police Chief and a servant of God, you need to help restore order to your community while safeguarding officer protection. First, discuss the steps you would take to help develop a good working relationship with the City Council members.
- Second, your attention now turns to your officers. As an experienced leader, you know that your officers need guidance and support. To lessen the use of force, your officers require training in procedural justice: when police officers deliberately engage with citizens in a considerate, supportive, or comforting manner. Discuss your long-term plan for your Department with your officers.
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