Administration of a Modern Police Organization
General
- Undergraduate; Senior, Junior
- 25 learners; teams of 4
- 40 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 5/1 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Non profit
- Legal, Government, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Defense & security
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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August 30, 2021Experience start
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August 31, 2021Project Scope Meeting
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October 19, 2021Mid-Term Check In
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December 12, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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August 30, 2021Experience start
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August 31, 2021Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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October 19, 2021Mid-Term Check In
This will be the check-in with the partner to show progress on deliverables and get feedback from the partner about the direction and other issues.
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December 12, 2021Experience end
Overview
- Details
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This course specifically looks at the topics and practices necessary to lead, manage, and effectively administrate a modern police organization. Students are exposed to the myriad of tasks and responsibilities taken on by police managers and executives. The underlying message of the course is that to effectively lead and manage a modern police organization, a police executive needs four things:
- The skills to lead the organization towards desired goals;
- The ability to manage the performance of those within the organization;
- The ability to effectively build positive relationships with the community;
- The ability to use data to inform the decision-making process and messaging of organizational decisions.
- Learner skills
- Project planning, Marketing strategy, Data analysis, Research, Strategic planning
- Deliverables
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Depending on the project that students will be working on, the final product could be in the form of a written report, oral presentation, or other work product conveying the information. The specific nature and style are largely dictated by partner preference and practicality,
Project Examples
In the past students have done a number of projects in this class including, but not limited to:
- Developing and refining strategic plans
- Performing basic staffing studies
- Examination of basic budgetary allocations
- Developing community engagement plans
- Developing assessment center materials for promotional processes
- Disparity analyses (within and outside the organization)
- Developing media engagement strategies
- Developing data driven plans for the adoption of evidence-based policing practices
In addition to working with public safety agencies, we will also consider working with community groups, NGO's and businesses that would benefit from a collaboration of this kind. Given the course material, students need something from an administrative perspective, but this could be policy review, data analysis, or strategic planning or review for NGOs. For corporate partners willing to do work in these areas, we are willing to partner as well. The students' expertise will be more limited in this domain, but they (and I) are willing to learn and meet the challenge.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Make any data/documents that students will need available at the beginning of the semester.
Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone/virtual calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.