As the police chief, I am going to
assume a great deal of autonomy until local political forces seek to
hinder my policies, at which point I will use technicalities
to bypass their interference. I will immediately implement two
changes to the department with the understanding that these changes
will not affect budgeting for the department or coverage on the line
based on the changes made, unless the reorganization returns money to
the general budget, or reassigns manpower to the line. These two
changes will aid me in the analysis of the department's efficiency
and ethical levels and final organization decisions.
My first priority will be to organize a
Chief's Office. The Chief's Office will be
a reorganization of IAD, Planning, Training, PR, and R&D
operations, by whichever names they are known as presently. The
Chief's Office will be organized on an organic basis; “Organic
organizations have flexible networks of professional staff who may
perform a variety of tasks “ (Stojkovic, 2014, p.27) and work on a
peer-to-peer basis. All officers assigned to the Chief''s Office
will hold the same rank (Inspector; if there is a current rank with
this nomenclature, it will be temporarily re-designated as Commander
during the re organizational process), and
will be expected to work together to accomplish the missions the
former departments carried out. Officers assigned to the Chief's
Office will be selected on proven excellence in patrol,
investigation, and supervision. In addition, these will be officers
who have been judged as capable of
understanding organizational tasks, but more importantly as
understanding the missions of the department and how to best achieve
them. One benefit to this reorganization will be the pooling of
departmental staff resources, and the reassignment or elimination of
administrative positions as necessary. The
purpose of the Chief's Office is to maintain the efficiency
and ethics of the department, and I chose the organic model for the
Office because I want the best and brightest officers aiding me in
this effort.
The second immediate change will be a
focus on preventing and solving actual crime; this means an immediate
moratorium on the enforcement of mala prohibita “crimes”
and regulatory “duties”. This can be revisited
in the future, but for the present the public and the politicians
will be informed that the police have real work to accomplish, and
don't have the time to be bully boys for culture conflict issues.
Police will not waste time shutting down children's lemonade stands,
although Forbes notes that across the country, “these lemonade
stand shutdowns seem to be getting more and more common “(2011,
para.1) This means that crimes protected by political interests,
such as illegal immigration, will be dealt with as the law states
they should. This also means that the “War on Drugs” comes to an
immediate end in my city, and I will be
able to reallocate resources to the police function. The lack of
any benefit to society is compounded by actions such as the
following: “In Georgia, a SWAT team broke into a house searching
for drugs and threw a flash-bang grenade inside a child's crib. The
excessive force was disgusting to begin with. Even worse is the fact
that the police had the wrong house and there were no drugs.”
(Rasmussen, 2014, para. 4) I will for brevity's sake, postpone the
subjects of police militarization and civil rights violations
related to the drug war for a later date. However,
that does not mean that drug dealers are off limits; if they engage
in other illegal acts such as gang wars or
extortion (debt collection) then they will be dealt with on the
violation of those laws...actual crime. Quality of life crimes will
still be enforced as these are property
crimes. Traffic functions will be continued as traffic is a public
order function.
I understand that there will be
immediate political conflict due to the second policy change, if not
the first. However, there is no point in
my having this position unless it is done correctly; if push comes to
shove, I find that law enforcement agencies don't do their duty in
confronting the actions of politicians who act illegally. For
example, if I were to undertake these policy changes in a “sanctuary”
city for illegals, I could expect to be fired for my enforcement of
law...unless I were to have the politicians arrested for Obstruction
of Justice and/or Malfeasance in Office. Of course, I should have
arrested them for such acts when they first declared a “sanctuary”
city in the first place. Corruption in any political system comes
when the checks and balances of that system are not maintained, and
politicians find they can act without being confronted by law
enforcement or the public for their actions.
References
Kain, E. (2011, August 3). The
inexplicable war on lemonade stands. Forbes. Retrieved
August 8, 2014 from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/08/03/the-inexplicable-war-on-lemonade-stands/
Rasmussen, S. (2014, August 4).
Nanny-state mindset leads to police brutality. Real Clear
Politics. Retrieved August 8, 2014 from
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/08/04/nanny-state_mindset_leads_to_police_brutality_123537.html
Stojkovic, S. (2014). Criminal justice
organizations [VitalSouce bookshelf version]. Retrieved August 8,
2014 from
http://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/books/9781305465695/outline/2
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