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STATE POLICE COMMAND-MANAGEMENT SEMINARS - STAFF STUDIES - SEMINAR 3

NCJ Number
1595
Author(s)
R R MCCAIN
Date Published
1969
Length
100 pages
Annotation
THIRD SEMINAR FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE ATLANTIC COMMAND LEVEL STATE POLICEMEN.
Abstract
THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR WERE TO INCREASE THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR'S SKILL IN COMMUNICATING AND PROBLEM SOLVING, DEVELOP THE MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICE ADMINISTRATORS IN ORGANIZING, PLANNING, LEADING AND DIRECTING, AND MEASURING AND CONTROLLING, ENLARGE THE ADMINISTRATORS' CAPACITY TO ESTABLISH THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS OF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, BRING ABOUT PROPOSALS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION COMMON TO THE SEVEN DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED IN THE SEMINAR. THIS PARTICULAR SEMINAR COVERED THE TOPICS OF ESTABLISHING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PATROL SYSTEM, THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO THE POLICE FIELD, THE STATUS OF STATE, COUNTY, TOWN AND VILLAGE POLICE AGENCIES, THE ROLE OF STATE POLICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS FOR STATE POLICE.