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

Caless, Bryn

ISBN 10: 1447300157 / ISBN 13: 9781447300151

Published by Policy Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policing at the Top : The Roles, Values and Attitudes of Chief Police Officers
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447300157
• ISBN 13: 9781447300151
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Chief police officers are often shadowy enigmas, even to members of their own forces, yet they make far-reaching strategic command decisions about policing, armed responses, operations against criminals and allocation of resources. What is their background? Where do they come from? How are chief officers selected? What do they think of those who hold them to account? Where do they stand on direct entry at different levels and what do they think of a National Police Force?

Bryn Caless has had privileged access to this occupational elite and presents their frank and sometimes controversial views in this ground-breaking social study, which will fascinate serving officers, students of the police, academic commentators, journalists and social scientists, as well as concerned citizens who want to understand those who command our police forces.

About the Author

Bryn Caless specialises in elite studies of policing and police accountability. He has written Policing at the Top, (2011) on chief police officers in England and Wales, and, with Steve Tong, a companion study of police leaders in Europe (2015). This is his third book for Policy Press.