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Police Officer's Handbook: An Analytical and Administrative Guide

Author(s): Robert S. Stering, Westfield State College
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763746605
  • ISBN-10:0763746606
  • Paperback    198 pages      © 2008
Price: International Sales $75.95 US List
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Overview

Administrative tasks may occur behind-the-scenes in a law enforcement agency, but they are critical to effective management and function. This handbook provides an overview of administrative functions of a law enforcement agency. It begins with an explanation of written directives—the different forms of paperwork generated by a law enforcement agency. This is followed by material on core administrative topics such as recordkeeping, reporting, and distribution and allocation of personnel, as well as a discussion of the administrative work involved in crime analysis and intelligence analysis. It concludes with chapters specifically dedicated to explaining, step-by-step, how to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Access in law enforcement.

This working reference manual is an excellent resource for police departments or any law enforcement agency wishing to learn the basics of law enforcement administration.

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An explanation of accreditation and helpful hints for managing the reaccreditation process

How to use intelligence matrices to better analyze criminal relationships

How to develop organizational and staffing charts

Valuable appendices that can be used and modified by your agency, including records retention information,  accreditation monthly reminders, crime analysis matrix, crime analysis feedback and evaluation, crime analysis request form, police department job task analysis, telephone link analysis chart, association matrix, and evidence room management and property and evidence forms.

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Chapter 1: Written Directives     
Chapter 2: Record keeping     
Chapter 3: Reporting      
Chapter 4: Police Accreditation     
Chapter 5: Organizational Charts    
Chapter 6: Staffing Charts     
Chapter 7: Personnel: Allocation, Distribution, and Management  
Chapter 8: Basics of Crime Analysis
Chapter 9: Basics of Job-Task Analysis      
Chapter 10: Basics of Intelligence Analysis     
Chapter 11: Computer Applications in Law Enforcement: Using Microsoft Access
Chapter 12: Computer Applications in Law Enforcement: Using Microsoft Word
Chapter 13: Computer Applications in Law Enforcement: Using Microsoft PowerPoint  


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Robert S. Stering-Westfield State College

Robert S. Stering is a retired police officer who worked for 25 years in a relatively large agency, which consisted of 160 members serving a city population of 60,000.  He spent time in patrol and administrative areas including evidence officer, department accreditation manager, planning and research, and was a crime analyst for the last 17 years of his career.

During his last 17 years, he was instrumental in the department becoming nationally accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, (C.A.L.E.A.) and twice under the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, MPAC ).

Robert S. Stering was a founding member of Massachusetts Police Accreditation Coalition (MASS-Pac), an organized group of law enforcement agencies that met monthly for the purpose of achievement of accreditation within their own respective agencies.  This was the first coalition formed in the United States and was a model for many states in the years to come.

Robert S. Stering is also a Certified Criminal Intelligence Analyst, (C.C.I.A.), receiving certification from California State College, the California Department of Justice, and Westfield State College.  He is also the founder of the Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts (MACA).


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