Police Leaders as Thinkers

Intro -- Some Thoughts and Reflections -- Contents -- About the Authors -- How Do We Recognize Police Leader-Thinkers? -- Police Leader-Thinkers in the Early Twenty-First Century -- Perspectives From the Leadership Literature -- The Lists of Attributes of Police Leaders: Character and Competencies -- Perspectives of Canadian Police Leaders -- The Police Organizational Culture as a Barrier to Police Leaders Being Thinkers -- Challenging the Status Quo -- Open-Mindedness and Humility -- Empowering Officers and Staff in the Police Organization and Creating an Organizational Environment of Innovation -- Risk Aversion and Risk-Taking -- Thought Processes of Thinking Police Leaders -- The Role of Training and Education -- Creating Thinkers in the Police Organization -- Going Forward -- Appendix A: Police Leaders as Thinkers Project -- Interview Topics -- References -- Police Leaders as Thinkers: Interview with Chief Theresa Tobin, Chief of Interagency Operations, NYPD -- What Makes the Best Police Leader? -- Interview With Chief Theresa Tobin, NYPD -- Thoughts on Chief Tobin and Policing -- References -- Police Leadership: A Learning Experience -- Introduction -- Leadership: What Is It? -- The Development of Policing as a Profession -- The Professionalism of Policing -- Policing: Continuity and Change -- Recruitment, Training, and Retention of Law Enforcement Officers -- Crisis in Recruitment of Police Officers -- Organizational Changes in the Personnel of Police Organizations -- Police-Community Relationships, Including Collaboration -- Citizen Involvement in Policing -- Collaborative Policing in Response to Disaster Situations and Threats to Security -- Police Leadership in Crisis Situations -- Police Search for Missing in the Wake of Ida Flooding -- Police Leadership in Responding to Internal and External Threats -- Commissioner Harrison Interview.