Burnout in Blue Managing the Police Marginal Performer

Subjects:

• Crime & Justice » Crimes & Investigation
• Political Science » Public Administration

Awards:

• Jefferson-FBI National Academy Award.

Reviews:

• This text is a must for all aspiring or serving police supervisors. It sincerely deals with a problem that has perplexed police union representatives and could go a long way toward easing labor/management confrontations regarding `marginal' police performance."
  
  Robert B. Kliesmet,
  
  
  General President
  
  
  International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO
  "Burnout in Blue: Managing The Marginal Police Performer is an important contribution to professional law enforcement. Today, as never before, the volume of crime and the limited resources allocated to provide police services places tremendous demands on our law enforcement agencies. This already difficult situation is compounded further by police employees who perform at a marginal level, thus diminishing the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. The information provided in this book is well researched, insightful, and practical in terms of its application to productive and successful police operations. It is `must' reading for every police supervisor and manager."
  —Jerald R. Vaughn
  International Association of Chiefs of Police

Table of Contents:

• Part One: Thinking
• The Police Problem Employee
• Problem Analysis: Internal Causes
• Problem Analysis: Other Causes
• A Diagnostic Model: P = A x M x Rp
• Motivation to Change
• Part Two: Deciding
• What to Do?
• The Alternatives
• Managerial Coaching
• Managerial Counseling
• Dealing with the Unresponsive
• Part Three: Practicing
• Coaching and Counseling Exercises
• The Case of the Ramdale Sleeper