Law Enforcement
Organizations Every organization no matter how big or small requires organization. Structure helps to determine whether an entity can be successful with a defined mission, policies and procedures. Law enforcement today exists to serve the cause of justice. The cause of justice involves combatting criminal entities and this could be labeled as their mission. A mission drives policies and procedures after that. Procedures are exactly how a policy will be carried out.
Origins of Law Enforcement
Modern law enforcement began as a means to warn the community of possible danger. The "watch" system was not entirely effective as members were either forced into performing watch duty, drank on duty or only performing watch duty to evade military service …show more content…
This likely sounds puzzling and that I may have meant to say they wanted to control crime within their cities, but, I meant to say population control. Those with a interest in their local economy, such as business owners, basically paid for police forces through their taxes and influencing of local politicians. They needed to ensure a stable and orderly work force existed in order to allow their business to continue. If their business were to continue, the economy would benefit. They also would not have to foot the bill to protect their business if the formal duty of law enforcement were paid for by the …show more content…
A mission is handed down to the leader, the sheriff in this case, and he then hands it down to the people employed under him. The people set to perform a task, let's say law enforcement, are then organized by leaders into smaller units to go out and accomplish the mission initially handed down by their leader, the sheriff. Once people are informed of their mission and placed into their units, policy has to be established so they will know how they can carry out their duties.
Leadership in a unit must be able to develop policies whenever they receive a new mission from the top. Without guidance as to how employees are to conduct themselves the mission cannot be accomplished effectively. Continuing my example, if law enforcement officials aren't told exactly what they are to carry out then they won't know. How do they know what laws they are to enforce? How do they know what offense merits jail time or fines? The answer to this goes all the way back to the top and is set in place by state statues for
Origins of Law Enforcement
Modern law enforcement began as a means to warn the community of possible danger. The "watch" system was not entirely effective as members were either forced into performing watch duty, drank on duty or only performing watch duty to evade military service …show more content…
This likely sounds puzzling and that I may have meant to say they wanted to control crime within their cities, but, I meant to say population control. Those with a interest in their local economy, such as business owners, basically paid for police forces through their taxes and influencing of local politicians. They needed to ensure a stable and orderly work force existed in order to allow their business to continue. If their business were to continue, the economy would benefit. They also would not have to foot the bill to protect their business if the formal duty of law enforcement were paid for by the …show more content…
A mission is handed down to the leader, the sheriff in this case, and he then hands it down to the people employed under him. The people set to perform a task, let's say law enforcement, are then organized by leaders into smaller units to go out and accomplish the mission initially handed down by their leader, the sheriff. Once people are informed of their mission and placed into their units, policy has to be established so they will know how they can carry out their duties.
Leadership in a unit must be able to develop policies whenever they receive a new mission from the top. Without guidance as to how employees are to conduct themselves the mission cannot be accomplished effectively. Continuing my example, if law enforcement officials aren't told exactly what they are to carry out then they won't know. How do they know what laws they are to enforce? How do they know what offense merits jail time or fines? The answer to this goes all the way back to the top and is set in place by state statues for