Police Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism
The personality type is defined by nine traits that were believed to cluster together as the result of psychodynamic, childhood experiences. These traits are conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intraception, superstition and stereotypy, power and "toughness," destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and exaggerated concerns over sex.[1] In brief, the authoritarian is predisposed to follow the dictates of a strong leader and traditional, conventional values.

Suspicion imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something

Hostility a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness

Insecurity lack of confidence or assurance;
An officer that holds the authoritarianism trait can have a great influence with society and the ability to handle situations that call for an authoritative figure to take action. This type of officer would be good at holding administrative positions within the department or in during a situation time where chaos is guaranteed. The officer may be able to bring things in order before a situation escalates and people get hurt or killed. A downside to having this trait is if the individual officer does not know how to turn it off during a situation where a dominate authority figure is only going to make matters worse.

Suspicion is when an officer holds a certain amount of disbelief and mistrust for those he or she encounters. This type of trait can have both a negative and positive effect on an individual's career as a police officer. Being suspicious can prevent an officer from letting his or her guard down causes the officers to be more aware of people in any situation. One of the easiest ways for criminal to overtake an officer and kill them is when the officer lets their guard down for a brief moment. Officers who are suspicious would also do well as detectives. The negative effects a suspicious trait can have on an officer are: officers are skeptical and disbelieve most of what one says. This can cause members of
Family problems, alcoholism and drug abuse can also cause this type of trait to develop. Any officer who acquires this sort of behavioral trait is sure to have complaints brought against them by individuals throughout society. This can lead to reprimand by the department for unprofessional and informal behavior and can cause a lack of trust with members of the community in which the individual officer is paid to serve and