Skip to main content
Presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services

Policy Press

Visit our Partner Page See all our books
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Three The challenge of leadership in the police

Abstract

Chief officers were asked about their leadership ‘style’ and how they perceived the nature of police leadership, as well as how they ‘sell’ their proposals for change and development. In this chapter, the experiential emphasis on police leadership is explored, as are the expected competences of chief officers, both on appointment and in appraisal of performance.

Abstract

Chief officers were asked about their leadership ‘style’ and how they perceived the nature of police leadership, as well as how they ‘sell’ their proposals for change and development. In this chapter, the experiential emphasis on police leadership is explored, as are the expected competences of chief officers, both on appointment and in appraisal of performance.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables vi
  4. Glossary vii
  5. Notes on the research methodology xi
  6. About the author xvii
  7. Acknowledgements xix
  8. Introduction The notion of the ‘top cop’ 1
  9. Cloning or culture? The selection and appointment of chief officers 11
  10. ‘The golden finger’: getting and keeping the top jobs 43
  11. The challenge of leadership in the police 81
  12. Oversight and chief officers’ relationships with police authorities, directly elected police crime commissioners, HMIC and the Home Office 119
  13. On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police ‘closed shop’ 177
  14. The future of policing 207
  15. Postscript Police leaders and resignations 237
  16. Bibliography 239
  17. Appendix 259
Policing at the top
This chapter is in the book Policing at the top
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447300175-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables vi
  4. Glossary vii
  5. Notes on the research methodology xi
  6. About the author xvii
  7. Acknowledgements xix
  8. Introduction The notion of the ‘top cop’ 1
  9. Cloning or culture? The selection and appointment of chief officers 11
  10. ‘The golden finger’: getting and keeping the top jobs 43
  11. The challenge of leadership in the police 81
  12. Oversight and chief officers’ relationships with police authorities, directly elected police crime commissioners, HMIC and the Home Office 119
  13. On the nature of experience and exclusivity: the police ‘closed shop’ 177
  14. The future of policing 207
  15. Postscript Police leaders and resignations 237
  16. Bibliography 239
  17. Appendix 259
Downloaded on 29.4.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.56687/9781447300175-009/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button