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Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities (4th Edition) |
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Rating: Summary: Supervising Police Personnel Review: Supervising Police Personnel contains some good information, but it is NOT written for Police Officers. The second half of the title "The 15 Responsibilities" really appeals to administrators. It lets them think they are giving the people under them clear-cut guidelines without requiring them to actually read the text.
I don't know who Mr. Whisenand's intended audience was, but from reading his text I suspect it was written for psychologists. He has some simple, clear, and viable ideas that could be a benefit to any field; unfortunately he has hidden these pearls of wisdom within page after page of psychobabble. The first 35 pages of this book can be summarized as, "You have to know yourself before you can lead anyone else." This lesson, like many others in his book, is good. Many of them are ideas that seem to have been lost from the field of police work. The language he uses and the wordiness of his book keep the information from reaching the audience.
I think that Mr. Whisenand is probably a fine person, but he does not communicate effectively through the written word. But before he writes anymore books on Police Work I think it would benefit him to actually DO the job he is writing about, he might even enjoy the change in perspective.
Rating: Summary: How to Run a Police Department in an Ideal World Review: The ideas are worthwhile, but the book is long winded and wordy. One example is the author takes 5 pages to tell you, "you have to know who you are before you can leed anyone else". What the word "goal" means and how to form one, takes another chapter. In defense of the Author (it's obvious he has never done the job), for a social scientist living in an Ivory Tower, he has a decent handle on the theory behind interaction in a Police Department. The 15 ideas are all common sense (something world seems to be in short supply of today) and would do wonders if a department ever implimented them.
Rating: Summary: How to Run a Police Department in an Ideal World Review: The ideas are worthwhile, but the book is long winded and wordy. One example is the author takes 5 pages to tell you, "you have to know who you are before you can leed anyone else". What the word "goal" means and how to form one, takes another chapter. In defense of the Author (it's obvious he has never done the job), for a social scientist living in an Ivory Tower, he has a decent handle on the theory behind interaction in a Police Department. The 15 ideas are all common sense (something world seems to be in short supply of today) and would do wonders if a department ever implimented them.
Rating: Summary: Supervising Police Personnel Review: This book is entirly overwritten. It is very listy, for example, It tells you that there is 6 characteristics of a well written report. Then in the very next line he tells of the 6 different types of reports. Then he goes further to break down each type of report and explain what they are and why they are used. The ideas are notable. However the book's content is poorly written and is more for the overall manager not specific to police services. And yes, one needs to do the job before one can write about it.
Rating: Summary: Tiresome, windy, unrealistic, list happy Review: This guy is out of his mind. A very frustrating read which makes U.S Army technical manuals seem fascinating. Mr. Whisenand is an obvious scholar, but I fear his "book of lists" does not translate all that well to actual human beings. In addition, I found the section on "community oriented policing" especially overblown. He fails to consider the prosecutorial implications of stating that "long and detailed reports are turnoffs to many people" (page 331, paragraph 1), they're turnoffs to defense attornies too! Again, an extremely intelligent man and dilligent social scientist, but this book is horrible.
Rating: Summary: Tiresome, windy, unrealistic, list happy Review: This guy is out of his mind. A very frustrating read which makes U.S Army technical manuals seem fascinating. Mr. Whisenand is an obvious scholar, but I fear his "book of lists" does not translate all that well to actual human beings. In addition, I found the section on "community oriented policing" especially overblown. He fails to consider the prosecutorial implications of stating that "long and detailed reports are turnoffs to many people" (page 331, paragraph 1), they're turnoffs to defense attornies too! Again, an extremely intelligent man and dilligent social scientist, but this book is horrible.
Rating: Summary: Tiresome, windy, unrealistic, list happy Review: This guy is out of his mind. A very frustrating read which makes U.S Army technical manuals seem fascinating. Mr. Whisenand is an obvious scholar, but I fear his "book of lists" does not translate all that well to actual human beings. In addition, I found the section on "community oriented policing" especially overblown. He fails to consider the prosecutorial implications of stating that "long and detailed reports are turnoffs to many people" (page 331, paragraph 1), they're turnoffs to defense attornies too! Again, an extremely intelligent man and dilligent social scientist, but this book is horrible.
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