Policing at the Top: The Roles, Values and Attitudes of Chief Police Officers

Bryn Caless

doi:10.46692/9781447300175

Chief police officers make far-reaching strategic command decisions about policing, armed responses, operations against criminals and allocation of resources yet they are often unknown even to their forces. In this ground-breaking social study, Bryn Caless presents their frank and sometimes controversial views.

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Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of tables
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Glossary
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Notes on the research methodology
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About the author
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction The notion of the ‘top cop’
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one - Cloning or culture? The selectionand appointment of chief officers
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two - ‘The golden finger’: getting and keeping the top jobs
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three - The challenge of leadershipin the police
pp 81-118
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four - Oversight and chief officers’ relationships with police.authorities, directly elected.police crime commissioners,.HMIC and the Home Office.
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five - On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police ‘closed shop’
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six - The future of policing
pp 207-236
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Postscript - Police leaders and resignations
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Bibliography
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of tables
pp vi-vi

Glossary
pp vii-x

Notes on the research methodology
pp xi-xvi

About the author
pp xvii-xviii

Acknowledgements
pp xix-xx

Introduction The notion of the ‘top cop’
pp 1-10

one - Cloning or culture? The selectionand appointment of chief officers
pp 11-42

two - ‘The golden finger’: getting and keeping the top jobs
pp 43-80

three - The challenge of leadershipin the police
pp 81-118

four - Oversight and chief officers’ relationships with police.authorities, directly elected.police crime commissioners,.HMIC and the Home Office.
pp 119-176

five - On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police ‘closed shop’
pp 177-206

six - The future of policing
pp 207-236

Postscript - Police leaders and resignations
pp 237-238

Bibliography
pp 239-258

Appendix
pp 259-260

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