Policing Practices and Operations

Policing Practices and Operations
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Policing Practices and Operations
Relationship between traditional organizational structures of policing agencies
Each community organization has a range of policing organizations that strive to ensure safety is guaranteed, as a function of Law Enforcement. Such organizations as evident in the United States include local police, county and state police as well as federal or national policing agencies. Over time, these police organizations have evolved along with changes in technology, politics and community needs and requirements. In particular, the past century has witnessed shifts from traditional organizational structures to newer types of tactical and or operational stratagem approaches. Much of these changes are also because of shifts in public opinions, private sector novelties and other emergent challenges.
It is however important to note that traditional organizational structures of policing find their origin from prehistoric military organizations as well as 20th century management approaches of the private sector (Walker, & Katz, 2008). All through the 21st century, the modern police organization structures have been subject to a range of reforms that culminated into the adoption of democratic approaches in the management of policing agencies. This depicts a lot of incongruous contrast to traditional organizational structures wherein the police force was for the most part committed to serving the interests of the political class and not the public. Such is the case since policing involves a great deal of discretion exercise by officers considering that their work environment involves interactions with ordinary citizens in inconspicuous circumstances and or situations.
It was not until the dawning of recognition that was realized in the past few decades (since the 1970s) that actual police reforms in terms of democratic management fell into place. It was established that a mil...