Chapter Review
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Chapter 12: Financial Management
Securing a budget is one of many steps in maintaining finances, especially in the police administration. As budgets determine how law enforcement will and can operate, the effect of a decrease budget can cause a snowball of limited assistance. The challenges of financial management in law enforcement gets more complicated each year due to increase cost of maintenance and communities’ demands expands. In Chapter 12, those challenges as given on a silver platter. A consistent theme through this book has been the development of police administration and its leaders. Swanson, Taylor and Territo continues the breakdown of areas that contribute to the development of police leaders as Chapter 12: Financial Management discusses budgeting. Including a chapter with such emphasis of budgeting establishes a depth conversation amongst readers. If there is one thing that is known, it is that financial management plays a vital role into everyday life. In this chapter, Swanson, Taylor and Territo explains the role financial management plays in the police administration.
The conversation of budgeting can be followed as the chapter is divided into sections supporting the objectives. Chapter 12 explains different types of budgets and why they exists, budgeting tips, and the budget cycle. In addition, chapter 12 justifies its objective as it summarizes the basis of this chapter which is to show that budgeting is completed on a larger framework that includes state and law regulations, appointed funds, citizens’ needs, the extent to budget input and much more. Still alluding to the role of police leaders, this chapter serves as another layout of being characteristics of a leader as budgeting details a main obstacle that effects all agents in a police administration. Not only does budgeting effects all agents but it tests the will and decision making a leader.
This chapter does not answer all questions of how the reaction of budgeting can cause difficulties outside of decisions of cutbacks. This chapter does not discuss how certain effects of budgeting can cause dishonesty among agents in the police administration. Nevertheless, chapter 12 unravels an entangled system that will provide readers a guide for budgeting and its components.
Chapter 13: Stress and Police Personnel
There is a growing preoccupation with stress as it pertains to the workplace. Assuming the occupation of a police officer (all levels) comes with apparent stress whether major or minor. Between maintaining the mobility to service the community, their own household, administration changes and financial cuts, stress factors into the everyday life of individuals in the police profession. Chapter 13: Stress and Police Personnel serves as a pamphlet for stress and its relationship to police work.
Chapter 13 opens the direction of the chapter with an introductory section that is expanded throughout the chapter. The authors not only define stress but allows their definition to create a cross over to stress and personality types, stress as it is identified in law enforcement, and how stress can cause certain types of behavior. In addition to the types of behavior, chapter 12 exchanges views on alcohol, drugs and steroid use by police officers that can result in suicides and domestic violence. Not only does this chapter speaks to the need of accessibility of this information for police officers but also a need for a cultural change in law enforcement.
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1
Chapter
12
: Financial Management
Securing a budget is one of many steps in
maintain
ing finances,
especially in
the police
administration
. As budgets
determine
how
law
enforcement
will
and can operate, the effect of a
decrease budget can cause a snowball of limited assistance. The challenge
s
of financial
management in law enforcement gets more compli
cated each year due t
o increase cost of
maintenance
and
communities’
demands expand
s
.
In Chapter 12, those challenges as given on a
silver platter.
A consistent theme
through
thi
s book has been the
development
of police
administration
and its leaders. Swanson, Taylor and Territo continues the breakdown of areas
that contribute to th
e development of police leaders as Chapter
12: Financial Management
discuss
es
budgeting.
Including a chapter with such
emphasis of
budgeting establishes a depth
conversation amongst readers. If there is one thing that is kno
wn, it is that financial management
play
s a vital role into
everyday
life. In this chapter, Swanson, Taylor and Territo explains the
role
financial
management plays
in the
police
administration
.
T
he conversation of budgeting can be followed as the chapter is divided into sections
support
ing
the obje
ctive
s.
Chapter 12 explains
different
types of budget
s
and why they exists,
budgeting tips,
and
the budget cycle.
In
addition
,
chapter 12
justifies its objective as i
t
summarizes the
basis of this chapter which is to show that budgeting is completed on a larger
framework that includes state and law
regulations
, appointed funds, citizens
’
needs,
the extent to
budget input and
much more. Still alluding to the role of poli
ce leaders, this chapter serves as
another
layout of being
c
haracteristics of
a leader as
budgeting details a main obstacle that
effects all agents in a police
administration
.
Not only does budgeting effects all agents but it tests
the will
and
decision making a leader.
Washington 1
Chapter 12: Financial Management
Securing a budget is one of many steps in maintaining finances, especially in the police
administration. As budgets determine how law enforcement will and can operate, the effect of a
decrease budget can cause a snowball of limited assistance. The challenges of financial
management in law enforcement gets more complicated each year due to increase cost of
maintenance and communities’ demands expands. In Chapter 12, those challenges as given on a
silver platter. A consistent theme through this book has been the development of police
administration and its leaders. Swanson, Taylor and Territo continues the breakdown of areas
that contribute to the development of police leaders as Chapter 12: Financial Management
discusses budgeting. Including a chapter with such emphasis of budgeting establishes a depth
conversation amongst readers. If there is one thing that is known, it is that financial management
plays a vital role into everyday life. In this chapter, Swanson, Taylor and Territo explains the
role financial management plays in the police administration.
The conversation of budgeting can be followed as the chapter is divided into sections
supporting the objectives. Chapter 12 explains different types of budgets and why they exists,
budgeting tips, and the budget cycle. In addition, chapter 12 justifies its objective as it
summarizes the basis of this chapter which is to show that budgeting is completed on a larger
framework that includes state and law regulations, appointed funds, citizens’ needs, the extent to
budget input and much more. Still alluding to the role of police leaders, this chapter serves as
another layout of being characteristics of a leader as budgeting details a main obstacle that
effects all agents in a police administration. Not only does budgeting effects all agents but it tests
the will and decision making a leader.