According to Cole and Gertz (2013), community oriented police focuses on maintaining order in local neighborhoods (p.103). Their presence helps ease problems within the community such as domestic violence, rowdy teenagers, and drug houses. But the role of community police is changing as they face new challenges such as immigration, protest movements, and terrorism (Cole & Gertz, 2013). The 9/11 attacks added a dimension to policing that expanded their role beyond maintaining order. They have new responsibilities that include “fixed geographic responsibilities” as a method of preventing local terroristic threats. Police now examine their areas of responsibilities and help to determine the possible areas for attacks. In addition, they help to …show more content…
Blue codes, as they are referred to in police organizations, are more problematic because they place loyalty over integrity. Extensive research conducted in 2000 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police determined that a police code of silence does exists. The law enforcement code of silence is more dominant and influential than most other professions because officers do not fear getting caught or being punished. When they are allowed to operate in this culture, they become more tempted to keep operating outside the boundaries of the law and ethics (Rothwell & Baldwin, 2006). The research also concluded that it is impossible for law enforcement agencies to determine how extensively the code of silence exists within its own organization (Trautman, 2000). Researchers suggest that the code of silence can be controlled by making loyalty to principles a higher priority than loyalty to fellow officers. This can be achieved through a variety of enforced measures. For example, it is recommended that law enforcement agencies conduct ethics training at the training academy as well as the workplace. Background recommendations are recommended as a high priority in the hiring process. Training in this area will ensure that the investigations are conducted appropriately and that background investigators are held accountable for performing quality investigations …show more content…
Organizational behavorists such as Edgar Schein believe that they are intwertwined. One thing that is clear is that leaders are responsible for the daily operating culture of their organization so they are directly responsible for others’ behavior. While they cannot monitor everything that goes on, it is their job to make sure that there is an organizational culture in place to ensure that what does go on aligns with their intent (Bacharach, 2014). Leaders can ensure their intent is met by articulating a core cultural statement such as a mission or value statement; by developing a cultural vocabulary where words reflect the core statement; by modeling their behavior in such a way that shows that they live the culture; and by avoiding cultural drift by rewarding behavior that is consistent with the core statement. Leaders will do well to understand their culture is created by the decisions they make about how they create and transmit the core norms that make up their organizational culture (Bacharach,