article_snippet: A culture of entitlement meant some in the highest ranks believed some in the highest ranks had a right to perks and privileges including gym membership, school fees, overseas travel, hospitality and executive cars.
article_snippet: The report found: ‘It was clear in a number of cases that there were factors specific to particular chief officers that appeared to be relevant to their behaviour.
article_snippet: Some [interviewees] suggested that arrogance is a corollary of decisiveness, which is considered a desirable and necessary attribute in chief officers.
article_snippet: The academics, who interviewed nearly 40 senior police officers and investigators, found that despite cuts of millions of pounds from police budgets, senior officers retained a culture of entitlement towards taxpayer-funded perks.
article_snippet: It said: ‘Some chief officers tended to see Some chief officers as being more akin to “captains of industry” than public servants – with all the entitlements and privileges that came with the CEO role.
article_snippet: ‘‘culture of entitlement” at chief officer level.
article_snippet: A culture of entitlement among some leaders had become ingrained to an extent that rendered it impervious to the changing ethical landscape associated with austerity.
article_snippet: The College of Policing found chief officers operated in a ‘distinctive environment that presents considerable risks, pressures and temptations’.
article_snippet: chief officers were powerful police officers, who were often isolated and unchallenged by less senior officers.
article_snippet: But the report said there were encouraging signs police chiefs were shifting to more inclusive and open leadership styles, which was less likely to lead to corruption within forces.