Law Enforcement Leadership and Resiliency
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v22i1.7517Keywords:
leadership, accountability, ethics, resiliency, organizational leadership, management, crime sceneAbstract
Leadership styles are a contributing factor to the culture of policing. Efficacious leadership styles will contribute to cultural change. Senior management’s interactions with frontline leadership and followers create a cultural footprint. This will differentiate one organization from another and establish internal boundaries for management and follower interactions. Crime scene professionals are tasked with stressors unique to their amplified exposure to critical incidents over a career and the attention to detail required to accomplish the job demands. Leadership must recognize the specialized needs of these professionals and create an organizational structure laced with servant leaders and not simply managers and policymakers.
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