Policing at the top : the roles, values and attitudes of chief police officers / Bryn Caless.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caless, Bryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police chiefs.

Police--Supervision of.

Police.

Physical Description:

xx, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Potland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.

Summary:

Chief police officers are often shadowy enigmas, even to members of their own forces, yet they make far-reaching strategic command decisions about policing, armed responses, operations against criminals and allocation of resources. What is their background? Where do they come from? How are chief officers selected? What do they think of those who hold them to account? Where do they stand on direct entry at different levels and what do they think of a national police force?

Bryn Caless has had privileged access to this occupational elite and presents their frank and sometimes controversial views in this ground-breaking social study, which will fascinate serving officers, police studies students, academic commentators, journalists and social scientists, as well as concerned citizens who want to understand those who command our police forces. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Cloning or culture? The selection and appointment of chief officers 11

2 'The golden finger': getting and keeping the top jobs 43

3 The challenge of leadership in the police 81

4 Oversight and chief officers' relationships with police authorities, directly elected police crime commissioners, HMIC and the Home Office 119

5 On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police 'closed shop' 177

6 The future of policing 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447300168

1447300165

9781447300151

1447300157

OCLC:

711044665