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3. Police Leadership During Challenging Times

Authors : Magne V. Aarset, Rune Glomseth

Published in: Policing and Minority Communities

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The police globally are facing considerable challenges due to the transnational nature of crime and the ease of committing serious offences through cyber-criminality from a safe and remote location. Modern technology has assisted police in preventing crime and identifying perpetrators, but has also provided criminals with a new tool to commit theft and inflict damage. The threat of terrorism, both domestic and global in nature, has considerably raised the responsibilities of law enforcement at a time when budgeting for criminal justice matters has been consistently declining. The challenges to contemporary police administrators are dramatic and there is a need for effective leadership. This work will examine these challenges and propose remedies and recommendations to promote organizational efficacy and efficiency.

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Footnotes
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One of the authors had an in-depth and chilling discussion with a member of the Dominican Police Forces who participated in a raid on a Rastafarian community similar to the assault on Mount Gimmie in St Lucia. One of the lasting memories from that discussion was his description of the killing of ‘very attractive’ Rastafarian woman from a middle class family and former university graduate who tried to save a child and duly shot dead. The police man’s remarks ‘what a waste’ referred to the physical beauty of the young woman in question who was killed along with the child she was attempting to save. The police violence against generally law abiding Rastafarians is probably one of the ugliest periods in Caribbean policing history which has enjoyed little discussion outside Rastafarian communities.
 
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Rastafarians are well known for their use of marijuana.
 
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See Islamic State and the Mosques of Trinidad. www.​dw.​com. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017
 
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Michael Mathura PhD Thesis Police
 
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Metadata
Title
Police Leadership During Challenging Times
Authors
Magne V. Aarset
Rune Glomseth
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19182-5_3