The Major issues and satisfaction of the police

THE MAJOR ISSUES AND SATISFACTION OF THE POLICE
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Introduction
The police force has continued to receive attention by both the media and the general public. The police have also continued to receive mixed reactions from the civilians and other government agencies including other organs of criminal justice administration such as the courts and the centers of correction. However in as much as most of the comments about the police force are usually outrageous and full of complains because of accusations of corruption, unfairness, negligence and excessive use of the force, most people do not really understand the major issues that face the police as well as its satisfactions. The following essays analyze some of the major issues and satisfaction of the police as well as give a conclusive summary at the bottom of the paper.
The issues facing the police force
There are several issues that have been reported to affect the police force both by the civilians been policed and the police officers themselves. The top issues that have been so far reported include governance, operation costs, resources, crime and detections as well as operational priorities.
Governance
The model and strategy of governance that is in use by the police force today requires immediate sorting out because currently it has an issue with its leadership. This is because the several sub branches found under the police service bring with it a lot of confusion since there is clash of roles as well as conflict of interest between different departments including APA, ACPO, and the SOCA among others. The issue of governance is a very serious challenge in the police force as it brings with it a lot of bureaucracy and unnecessary protocol which makes it impossible for the police force to tap from its employees the full potential of expertise and skills contained within the many departments.
Secondly ACPO is a department that needs to be restructured so as to maximize its accountability and transparency in case the public is to have faith in it again. This will also create trust between it, its members, its sources of funds and the general public. There is no necessity for having over forty semi dependent faculties within England alone for example, most of which do not carry out any practical ground operations (Dilip, 2003).
Costs
The police force has continued to grow more and more inefficient in terms of finances because of its poor management among other reasons. It is self evident that the police budget should be sufficient for them to run their operations which include purchases, payment of bills, pensions, salaries among others. There can be major reduction in police expenditure if instead of having over forty different human resource offices within the over forty departments, there could be just a single human resource office which acted as headquarter. This will help the police force to save a lot of money as well as increase the value of public service.
Resources
The police force has been known to poorly manage its resources including intelligence, natural and human resources right from the top to the bottom of the profession. This is evident ...