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Police Management & Police Department Organization
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Police Management
Department Management Style
Organizational Types
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Content: However, in the 1970s, many experts started pushing for a more democratic management style that would better suit police interactions with the public. This resulted in the community policing movement. Community policing finally became popular in the 1990s and is based on solving community problems and forming community partnerships. Now, citizens could have a say in the policing decisions of their communities. For example, let's say a particular neighborhood faces a drug-dealing problem. The local police department might invite citizens to a neighborhood meeting in order to educate them on how to keep themselves safe and to obtain ideas on how to best abate the problem. In turn, the neighbors will provide the police with important information, such as what type of drugs are being dealt and what time of day the dealers are most likely to be present. You can see how this management style is helpful to the neighbors and to the police. Organizational Types
Now let's take a look at the different police organizational types. An organizational type refers to the way an entity is structured, or ordered.