Law Enforcement Organizational Culture
Assignment description and guidelines:
In this assignment you will evaluate the following aspects of a law enforcement agency.
1. Leadership
2. Mission
3. Overall Operational – System
4. Subgroups
5. Accountability
In order to successfully complete this assignment, please review the guidelines for completion listed below.
· Research and select a law enforcement organization that has not been under federal review.
· Compare/Contrast either the NOPD or the LAPD with the policing agency that has not been under federal review. To begin this process:
o Review the consent decrees for the New Orleans Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department.
o NOPD – http://www.nola.gov/getattachment/NOPD/About-Us/NOPD-Consent-Decree/NOPD-Consent-Decree-7-24-12.pdf/
o LAPD – https://www.justice.gov/crt/us-v-city-los-angeles-consent-decree-introduction
o Pay attention to the policing data and the annual master training plan reports.
o http://www.nola.gov/nopd/nopd-consent-decree/
o Review Chapter 2 in your textbook.
Write a 1,250-1,500-word essay in which you:
· Compare and contrast the policing agency under review with the agency you have chosen that is not under review.
o Differentiate between the managerial skills in each agency. Discuss management skills in the group culture.
o Describe the differences between the two departments that cause one to be under review and the other to not be under review.
o Evaluate the behaviors and attitudes within each agency.
o Examine the tasks that are delegated and the alignment with the organization’s mission statement.
o Explain how law enforcement activities and documentation of each department were either in compliance or were non-compliant.
o Explain what the department under review can learn from the department that is not under review.
· Analyze a subgroup within each of the two departments and compare the cultures of those two subgroups.
· Describe how specific aspects of each subgroup’s culture contributes positively or negatively to the culture of the department as a whole.
assignmentassesses Competency 3.1: Critique law enforcement activities and documentation to ensure they are in compliance with appropriate laws.