Anthony Senn
CJA/444
October16, 2011
Geoff Korous
Communication Process Paper
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the communication process of the Logansport Police Department. To discuss the communication process it will discuss the climate of the organization as a whole and the strengths and weaknesses of the department’s communication process. The paper will discuss the management approach to the organization’s supervisors, managers, and executives contribute to or detract from effective communication within the department.
The overall communication process climate of the department is similar to most other departments. The majority of the communications within the department follow …show more content…
The weakness of the department’s communication process is that it may take too long to get an answer to some types of communication due to the fact that it must go through the chain of command to ensure that all policies are …show more content…
Without these type of management approaches being put into place it would lead to a breakdown of communication within the department which would lead to the department ineffectiveness to complete its duties. An example of this would be when officers depend on the superiors of the department to pass down the policies and procedures that must be followed to ensure the safety of all officers of the department. Without the approach that is used within the department there would be no set rules for communication for the department and officers would not have all of the information to carry out their duties which might be putting them in harms’ way without the proper knowledge. For example without the proper communication an officer may not know that there is a problem in a certain area of the community with officers being shot at from ambush after a fake call is made. The chief decides that all officers must wear body armor to ensure their safety. Without the proper downward communication and all aspects of management following it an officer does not get the directive and responds to the call without body armor resulting in their death. With the departments communication process it allows the proper communication to get to all members of the department and keeps all members of the department