Chief Fortier's Executive Style In Running The Lowell Police Department

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There are four main executive styles that police executives employ in the execution of their roles. They include the administrator, the top cop, the politician, and the statesman. All these executive styles are dependent upon the particular external and internal roles and their time allocation for these responsibilities. In the two cases studies, both the new chief executives employ different executive styles in their attempts to reform their police departments. Captain Ed Davis employs the statesman style in running the Lowell Police Department (LPD) while Chief Ken Fortier uses the administrator style in his governance of the Riverside Police Department (RPD) which bear certain similarities and differences. Both the statesman style, as used by Chief Davis and Chief Fortier’s administrator style are hinged on the attainment of the best result possible for the police department. Primarily, a police department that is still on the rocks in such ways as a lack of proper structure, rules, activities, and engagement is highly headed for the failure to execute its duties. Both chiefs are inclined to reforming their particular departments from the downturns of their predecessors. Chief Davis initiates and implements strategic planning in the LPD as Fortier sought to realign his office and subordinates with the basic rules of policing. …show more content…

For instance, Captain Ed Davis’s statesman style has him personally venturing out to meet the community groups and involve their views in making decisions such as in the implementation of the precincts. On the other hand, Chief Fortier simply focused singly on the particular reforms that required implementation. For instance, he came up with new rules on the procedures to be used by the police, and employing newer and better qualified persons as he saw

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