Angielski
In the United States, competency frameworks are a well-kept secret in the policing sector, with reliance being placed on less adequate traditional processes. Today, considerable investment is being made in the United Kingdom and other countries developing competency frameworks as a management tool to improve policeperformance. The frameworks support a number of personnel processesfor both police officers and police support staff, including recruitment and selection, training and development, performanceand development reviews, promotion, leadership development, inefficiency procedures and workforce planning. This book describesthe results of an opinion-seeking piece of research with Texas Police Chiefs. They identify the strengths and weaknesses the introduction of competency frameworks into Texas policingarrangements would bring. Their voice sheds some professional lighton the issues that will face the city and county governments andtheir Police Chiefs, especially those contemplating organizationalchange ? This, at a time when doing nothing, is probably not aviable option.
