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Summary: A Must
Review: A must for anyone studying for Sgt etc.Fortunately, most of the supervision questions you see on your test are from this book.Unfortunately, the publishers seem to know this and thats why they charge this outrageous price.
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Summary: Cliffs notes
Review: Any one who has to read this book for a class or promotional exam; please call the Cliffs Notes company and ask them to write a Cliffs notes booklet for this book. The authors should take their own advice found on pg 83 and avoid aimlessness in the book.
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Summary: A must read for all interested in Criminal Justice Field
Review: Anyone thinking of becomming a cop or prosecutor should read this book as well as U.S. CUSTOMS BADGE OF DISHONOR
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Summary: Finally made it
Review: Can't believe some of the comments on this book. This book was great but you must get the HLC Study Guide for it. I took the Sergeant's test 3 times before I score well (93)and got my stripes. The study guide made all the difference. It puts all the material in the book into your memory banks so it all makes sense at test time. Do yourself a favor, and get the study guide to go with this book.(I'am currently re-reading this book and guide for the Lieutenants test in the morning). GOOD LUCK
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Summary: Practice what you preach.
Review: I bought this book because our annual Sgt.'s exam would be taken from this text. While what Iannone covered was very important, his constant run on sentences made this text very difficult to read. Perhaps if Mr. Iannone would follow his own advice for instruction, avoiding oversimplification or overcomplication...then more people would retain the information contained in the book. Most of my fellow officers said that after reading a chapter, they had difficulty remembering what had been said. I had to go back to my old management books to get some of the basic ideas covered in Iannone's book.
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Summary: Supervision of Police Personnel
Review: I have a question about the 5th editionIs there a audio version to this edition?
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Summary: Worst Management Book I have ever read
Review: I have never written a review for Amazon before, and I only do so now because I was required to buy this book (at a whopping $88.00) and am already having fits reading it, though I'm only through the first three chapters. (Some might argue that three chapters is not a good enough sampling. To begin with, the first sixty pages could have been summed up in eight or ten-or less. And unless the writing style changes dramatically in Ch. 4 and after, all of the following comments apply.)
I must agree with other reviewers that this book is long-winded and seems to take forever to get to the point. With the money the Iannone brothers have made on this publication, they should hire some editors to redact this book from front to back, and then do another edit just for good measure before the next version comes out. To echo another reviewer's comments, how could a publisher print this thing, "as is."
In addition to the verbosity of the thing (great, long run-on sentences, like this one), it is annoyingly repetitive, rife with banality and so far, seems to be "listing to starboard," adrift, if you will, in the sea of its own self-importance and condescension.
In short, much of it is a "crock" and I can't understand why my department chose it over more recent management books that were infinitely better-or at least were written by people who know how to communicate. (Communication is vital for good police supervision, according to Iannone, but he fails miserably at it in this endeavor. I can just imagine roll calls at which Iannone was the shift commander: by the time he got through his report, it would be time to go home.)
As this book is the lynchpin in an upcoming test I'm taking, I'm expecting much dreariness of study over the next several months.
Bottom line is: If your department is considering using this book, talk them out of it.
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Summary: Great for preparing for CA POST Sergeant's Exam!
Review: I purchased Iannone's book as part of my preparation for the California State Sergeant's Exam and found it to directly answer several of the questions in the management section of the test. I highly recommend this as a resource for anyone seeking to promote in law enforcement.
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Summary: supervision of police personnel
Review: Supervision of Police personnel (6th) edition by Iannone/Iannone was included in the reference materials for recent promotional exams for both Sgt. and Lt.. Urge your civil service commission not to use this book. The authors take a paragraph to say what could be said in one sentence. Every paragraph contains run on sentences which makes for laborious reading at best. If the authors would heed their own advice concerning brevity this book would easily be half as many pages. There are other books that cover the same subject and most do it better.
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Summary: supervision of police personnel
Review: Supervision of Police personnel (6th) edition by Iannone/Iannone was included in the reference materials for recent promotional exams for both Sgt. and Lt.. Urge your civil service commission not to use this book. The authors take a paragraph to say what could be said in one sentence. Every paragraph contains run on sentences which makes for laborious reading at best. If the authors would heed their own advice concerning brevity this book would easily be half as many pages. There are other books that cover the same subject and most do it better.
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