Guest Editorial By Dale Stockton.
Courtesy of Law Officer Magazine.
Guest Editorial by Chris Cerino.
Courtesy of Chris Cerino & PoliceOne.Com
Reprinted here by permission of the author.
Guest Editorial by Ron Borsch.
Originally published on SpartanCops.com
Reprinted here by permission of the author.
Excerpts from, and links to other pertinent articles.
"Law enforcement agencies are incredibly political organizations. On paper, they are run as meritocracies, where the best investigators become detectives, the best leaders rise to management, and so on. In fact, promotions and transfers to specialized assignments are made mostly through alliances and popularity contests. If you don't have any special friends or relatives in influential positions, it will take you a long time to get anywhere. Similarly, if you make the wrong enemy in the organization, every action you take will be scrutinized in the worst possible light, and anything good you do will be ignored." Click to read https://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/8559262-What-are-the-most-common-struggles-in-the-life-of-a-cop/
"A toxic police leader is maladjusted to the police context that values service to others over self; malcontented possibly because of a perceived slight experienced at some point in their career; often malevolent stemming from a pervasive disregard for the welfare of their subordinates; and surreptitiously malicious toward superiors who represent authority, while observably malicious toward peers and subordinates who are viewed as potential competitors." Click to Read: http://lawofficer.com/archive/toxic-police-leadership/