Handbook of Police Administration

As figureheads of the most visible segment of criminal justice today’s police administrators are forced to tackle challenges never faced by their predecessors. Heightened local and global threats advanced technologies and increased demands for procedural transparency require new levels of flexibility innovative thinking and the ability to foster and maintain relationships within the community. It is more crucial than ever to recruit and retain capable leaders to guide law enforcement agencies at this pivotal time in history. Chapter comparing administrative issues in Australia with many of the subjects previously addressed with regard to U.S. Protocol.