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Design and Redesign

Abstract

The most difficult job within a law enforcement setting is having the ability to create change. It could be a change in policy, procedures, or even technology upgrades that directly benefit the department, and there will still be resistance to change. However, law enforcement is a field that is ever changing in which the unexpected is a normal occurrence. I would hope to bring excitement, direction, and a new way of thinking to the organization.

Design and Redesign

Shared Values

As Spector (2013) has described Organic controls as an approach to shaping shared values, I would hope to align both the department and the officers underlying assumptions in an effort to implement changes through my leadership. In order to be an effective leader within the profession and prospective department, I believe sharing my vision and explanation of implementing are an important part of successful change. It can also create or enhance the feeling of understanding and stability within the community.

I look to motivate, applicate, and reinforce my behavior to display my vision and purpose to overcome an establish resistance towards necessary changes. Practicing leadership, building trust, acting with integrity, and confidence, are the most effective tools to utilize when dealing with a profession such as mine..

Collaboration

Collaborating Spector (2013) with those who are in command should set an example for those under their command, set an expectation, and ensure consistent training to ensure changes will be followed, but also acknowledgement of why change is important. This also allows those who actually deal directly with the public to have a voice in making some of the changes. Departments must initiate changes all while asking officers to change the way things are done on the street, but change should also work in the first responders favor too. A shared vision of purpose and meaning are motivators that will assist in paving the path to a preconceived thought process and provide a sense of fulfillment to policy change.

Diagnoses

Diagnostic framework (Spector’s, (2013) will enable defining the steps that need to be taken to connect the unit to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. The same applies within a police department, when it is allowed to form a commitment to the community and fellowship of the profession. This will be displayed through the establishment or renewed community partnerships through problem solving, the proactive approach, innovative ideas, and better methods of interacting with the public.

Restoration

In order for restorative justice to work, we must move beyond oppositional caricatures of justice, address the relationship between consequentialism and retributivism, because it gives less promises and uses more accurate conditions. By creating an atmosphere were situational leadership is standard daily operation and “Situational Followership” where officers can distinguish between required strict compliance and collaborative problem solving skills are more appropriate. We are all in this fight together, so why not try to ensure stability.

Conclusion

Law enforcement leaders who continue the same direction will continue to have resistance and misunderstanding to the full benefits of what community policing. The profession has suffered so many black eyes over the last few years and many new things have devolved because of those, however very few departments have refused to change some of the most obvious issues. Change will come in some form or other. My wish, would be through the departments with community concerns as part of the discussion verses being forced to utilize a blanketed resolution from the federal government. Lewin believed that one must have a sense of dissatisfaction with the normal routine before there can be motivation for someone to change his or her behaviors. He believed this was the only way for behavior patterns to be altered (Spector, 2013).

References

Ferguson, C. A. (2015). Culture, Tradition and Alternative Justice: An Evaluation of Restorative Justice Development in New Zealand and Northern Ireland. Durham: Durham University.

Lewis, M. (2016)

Spector, B. (2013). Implementing Organizational Change: Theory Into Practice (3rd ed.). Upper     Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.