Work Of Officers Research Articles

Animal Protection, Law Enforcement, and Occupational Health: Qualitative Action Research Highlights the Urgency of Relational Coordination in a Medico-Legal Borderland.

Simple SummaryIn this article, we report on action research in the Canadian province of Alberta, based on forging alliances with officers who enforce federal, provincial, and municipal legislation involving animals. Some of these officers worked in rural areas, and others worked in urban areas. Some mainly enforced Alberta’s Animal Protection Act, while a few specialized in enforcing Canada’s Criminal Code. For the most part, however, participating officers had a mandate to enforce animal-related local bylaws. Such ordinances or rulebooks exist because Alberta’s Municipal Government Act allows local councils to enact legislation regarding domestic and wild animals, particularly as regards people’s health, property, safety, and welfare. Many professionals refer to policies such as these, which are deeply rooted in the western legal tradition, such as “animal control.” Our findings illuminate how animal-control policies and personnel can help to protect domesticated animals, not just people. Even so, our research highlights that animal-control policies as well as animal-protection policies routinely fail to protect officers who enforce legislation involving animals. Furthermore, whenever officers who enforce legislation involving animals work in unsafe conditions, this endangers human as well as non-human lives.Across Canada and internationally, laws exist to protect animals and to stop them from becoming public nuisances and threats. The work of officers who enforce local bylaws protects both domestic animals and humans. Despite the importance of this work, research in this area is emergent, but growing. We conducted research with officers mandated to enforce legislation involving animals, with a focus on local bylaw enforcement in the province of Alberta, Canada, which includes the city of Calgary. Some experts regard Calgary as a “model city” for inter-agency collaboration. Based on partnerships with front-line officers, managers, and professional associations in a qualitative multiple-case study, this action-research project evolved towards advocacy for occupational health and safety. Participating officers spoke about the societal benefits of their work with pride, and they presented multiple examples to illustrate how local bylaw enforcement contributes to public safety and community wellbeing. Alarmingly, however, these officers consistently reported resource inadequacies, communication and information gaps, and a culture of normalized disrespect. These findings connect to the concept of “medico-legal borderlands,” which became central to this study. As this project unfolded, we seized upon opportunities to improve the officers’ working conditions, including the potential of relational coordination to promote the best practices.

Crisis of Kim Jong-Un Regime of North Korea and the Safety of North Korean Defectors: An Analysis of Job Involvement of the South Korean Security Police

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to recognize the importance of the security police officers work or job in-volvement by examining the difference in terms of the job involvement according to the general characteristics of the South Korean security police, and furthermore, present the basic data for the organizational operation and improving the work efficiency of members. Method: In this study, 100 trainees of the Police Human Resources Development Institute, a police institute of education in Korea in 2020, were surveyed and the convenience sampling method was used for the sampling method, followed by the Self-Administration Method. An investigation was conducted. Among the collected ques-tionnaires, 91 questionnaires were used as valid samples, except for the data with insincere responses or omission of some of the details of the survey. The measurement tool is a questionnaire, and the data processing is a statis-tical package program, SPSS 23.0 Program, and the frequency analysis was performed to examine and understand the general characteristics, while the Cronbach s α coefficient was calculated to validate the reliability of the questionnaire. The confirmatory factor analysis was performed to classify the job involvement related factors, and the t-Test and the one-way ANOVA were performed to examine and understand the difference in terms of the job involvement of the security police according to the general characteristics. Results: In this study, the confirmatory factor analysis was performed to validate the conceptual validity of the measurement tool, and the concept reliability was all over 0.8, and the mean variance (AVE) values all exceeded 0.5, and hence, the concentration validity for all variables was evidently secured. Furthermore, the reliability of the questionnaire turned out to be .798 of Cronbach s α coefficient. As an empirical result, the difference in the job involvement according to general characteristics is, first, the difference in terms of the job involvement of the security police according to gender is higher in women than in men. Second, there was no significant difference in the job involvement of the security police according to age in the difference in terms of the job involvement of the security police according to age. Third, the difference in the job involvement of the security police according to educational background is higher than high school graduates with community college, 4 year college, and grad-uate degrees. Fourth, the difference in terms of the job involvement of the security police according to the number of employees in the affiliated organization is higher than that of 21 or more people than 10 people or less, 11 or more people and 15 people or less, and 15 or more people and 20 people or less. Fifth, there is no difference in the job involvement of the security police according to the area of service. Conclusion: As a result of the research process it turned out that there was a difference in the job involvement of the security police according to gender, educational background, and the number of employees in the affiliated organization, and there was no difference in terms of the job involvement according to age and the area of ser-vice. Hence, based on the in-depth and various studies related to job involvement according to the characteristics of the study subjects, a plan ought to be presented to enable the security police to more fully perform their original duties.

Coping strategies used for combating stress and burnout: A qualitative study among Sri Lankan Prison Officers

Coping strategies are specific methods used in managing the internal and external demands faced by individuals, which are found to be going beyond their resources. This qualitative study aimed to describe the coping strategies adopted by Correctional and Rehabilitation Officers working in Sri Lankan prisons to reduce their stress and subsequent burnout. The study was carried out in 2017 in the Welikada Closed Prison and Badulla Remand Prison. Twenty prison correctional and rehabilitation officers participated in in-depth interviews. Officers with experience of more than two years in the prison setting were included. Both officers with and without burnout were selected based on the findings of a previous component of the study, with one rehabilitation officer and nine correctional officers from each category. A semi-structured in-depth interview guide was used. Thematic analysis was carried out. Both male and female officers between 23 and 55 years participated in the interviews. Some of the common problems leading to stressful situations were increased workload with additional and irrelevant duties expected from them, poor relationships with superiors, colleagues and inmates and poor support and pressure from the superiors. Six themes were extracted from the content discussed during the interviews. These were discussing with others as a means of seeking support, positive thinking, avoidance of the situation, distraction by involving in other activities, deviating the stress to others and trying to remove or reduce the stressor. Some of the participants thought they needed to learn better ways of coping with the occupational stress and burnout. Many of them believed that workshops on stress management need to be included in their continuous training. The high rank prison officials responsible for the welfare of prison officers were informed of the findings following the study, in order for them to make necessary improvements at the institution and policy level.

Necessity Development Factor of Computerisation in Madras High Court For E-Govern and E-Court

The Government of India ICT has been instrumental in computerizing all sectors of the country. For the effective administration of Madras High Court, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was applied in its judicial activities. It will speed case receiving and cases delivering without delay and hesitations, manual work would be considered as a secondary work, and importance would be given to e-governance to dispense cases easily and quickly and provide judgments rapidly. Delay in providing justice is delaying in living meaningful life and discipline life, without delay cases and judgments would be delivered rapidly as per the expectations and waiting of the petitioners through the e-governance method. Human being used to getting tired though they have been given their actual duty by the authority they will not do that on account of job satisfaction and security, by these justices are not dispatched and rendered quickly owing to the officer's manual work thereby petitioners will get unbelief and dissatisfaction on government as well as judicial. This article discusses the steps taken to computerize the High court and the need to expedite them.

Quality of Life among the Traffic Police Officers Working in Shyambazar Jurisdiction, Kolkata

Background: As far as the working environment is concerned, traffic police officers are usually exposed to different health problems due to the nature of their work. This study aimed to assess the life quality of traffic police officers working in Shyambazar jurisdiction, Kolkata, India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done by simple random sampling, on 115 traffic police officers, working in Shyambazar jurisdiction at Kolkata, India. The World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) was adopted. The four domains of the study were physical health, psychological health, social relationship and environmental health regarding the age and working experiences, and frequency, hours of work, and their mean scores were compared respectively. ANOVA and independent t-test were performed to interpret the results using SPSS software. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 37.5 ± 6.162. The mean of work experience was 11.2 ± 5.122 years. The overall life quality of the traffic police officers was good. The mean difference of work experiences was statistically significant (p<0.05) regarding the working environment. The mean difference of working hours was statistically significant (p<0.05) with respect to physical health. The mean difference of working frequency was statistically significant (p<0.05) concerning the social and environmental health domains. It was noted that environmental health was most affected followed by psychological and physical health. Conclusion: Making time for leisure and recreational activities along with regular counseling sessions for traffic police officers helps improve the quality of their life.

Tucson Shares Blueprint for Crisis System Success

Tucson Shares Blueprint for Crisis System Success

ТЕОРЕТИКО-МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНІ ЗАСАДИ ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЇ СИСТЕМИ КАДРОВОГО МЕНЕДЖМЕНТУ

The relevance of the study is justified by the fact that despite the fact that the issues of intellectual approach to recruitment have been covered in the works of many scholars, modern challenges raise the issue of intellectual staff management, and therefore require further study. Therefore, article considers the basic theoretical and methodological principles of functioning of the intelligent system of personnel selection at the enterprise. It is emphasized that the intelligent recruitment system should qualitatively complement the work of personnel officers. The basic levels of enterprise management are distinguished and the main managerial positions are determined at the appropriate level, namely: lower, middle and higher. Two basic categories of personnel management are studied: personnel and personnel. The main types of personnel are characterized: manager, specialist, employee and personnel: production personnel, management personnel and service personnel. The article analyzes the key differences between personnel and personnel of the enterprise and formulates the essence of the intelligent system of personnel selection as the basis of successful personnel management. The general structure of the intelligent system of personnel selection is given and four main stages of functioning of the specified intelligent system are characterized. Functional differences between the activities of the personnel officer and artificial intelligence are determined. According to the results of the study, we can say that qualitatively and appropriately used in the recruitment and selection of candidates, a comprehensive combination of man, an experienced specialist who can analyze a person in all respects, the ability to understand people, separate truth from falsehood, understands nonverbal communication, knows on the psychological aspects of human behavior and the intellectual system, which can be more objective in the selection and analysis as an element of control of the search engine. The thesis is substantiated, in the generalized form the intellectual system of personnel selection should provide balance of subjective (human) and objective (machine) approaches in personnel management.

To the question of the need to stimulate the work of law enforcement officers

To the question of the need to stimulate the work of law enforcement officers

Pravne osnove učešća policije u vanrednim situacijama

Police officers who belong to the General Police Directorate of Republic of Serbia, in addition to the numerous powers and tasks they perform, based on the Law on Police, have the obligation to participate in protection and rescue operations. Besides the aforementioned law, the police are recognized as a part of the protection and rescue forces by the Law on Risk Reduction and Emergency Management. The role of the police in emergency situations is very important, and the scope of work of the police officers is expanding over time and becoming more and more diverse, and thus more complex. The police engages in the execution of tasks aimed at the security protection of citizens' property and lives, such as rescue and evacuation from endangered areas, providing first aid, delivery of food, medicine, etc.

Management process of the communal police of the City of Zajecar

Communal systems, as organizational units within local self-governments, are important factors in the organizational and executive structure of modern administration. Management has an important role with its supporting structures (finance and human resources) in every economy and business of the organization. Managing communal police is a difficult and demanding job, which requires a lot of knowledge, skills, understanding and experience in working with people. In practice as well as scientific research on work, it has been shown that joint work is always more efficient and effective than individual work. Numerous management theories have contributed, each in its own way, to improving the understanding of the factors that affect the efficiency of the organization as well as the motivation and satisfaction of employees on whom business efficiency directly depends. Since the work of communal police officers is work in pairs or in groups, the important role of the manager is to organize communal police officers and focus on solving the set tasks. As far as the authors know, there is no research regarding management process of the communal police in Serbia, therefore, the main goal of the paper is to present the management process of the communal police of the City of Zaječar.

Социальный потенциал участия граждан в деятельности народных дружин: региональный аспект

The article was written in order to identify the key areas for expanding participation of the citizens in the activities of people's squads at the regional level: in the Khabarovsk territory. Empirical basis of the presented analysis was the mass and expert sociological surveys, individual expert interviews. The student community of the region acted as the main object of the study.The author found that the social potential of the student community of the Khabarovsk territory to participate in the people's squads is extensive, as evidenced by the consistently high level of trust in the police, as well as the degree of willingness of young people to come to the aid of people whose rights are violated in public places. A change in this potential can occur under the influence of a number of identified factors. These include ways of participation of potential members of the people's squads in the prevention and suppression of an illegal act, the form of assistance to the police, the gender of the respondents, the specialty (field of training) of students, the nature and channels of coverage of the activities of police officers.Basic condition for increasing the number of people wishing to join the ranks of people's squads should be an increase in the level of confidence in the police. The key to such growth, according to the students surveyed, is to increase the efficiency and quality of work of police officers, which is achieved, among other things, through the development of skills of respectful, correct communication with citizens. In turn, the law enforcement officers who took part in the study indicate that the effectiveness of their activities, first of all, depends on the degree of staffing of the departments of the internal affairs bodies with personnel.

Problems of Criticism of the Communist Poland’s Security Service (SB) Files as Historical Sources

Despite the passage of 20 years since the opening of the archives of the former SB, historians have not developed the principles of criticism of SB files as historical sources, which is conducive to the so-called playing with folders, and consequently the destruction of historical narrative and social life. Among researchers and publicists, an affirmative attitude towards the SB files has been created, causing their criticism to be ignored.
 Researchers ignore the requirement to separate the theoretical-ideological and rhetorical layers of SB operational files. They also neglect to study the credibility of their authors.
 Rafał Łatka gave a justification for the affirmative attitude to the SB files. It has been shown that this justification is logically erroneous, and the affirmative attitude to the SB files is contrary to the rational concept of the historical source and to the examples of the lack of credibility of these files.
 Several ways of creating questionnaires to examine the credibility of SB files were proposed. The first question that was proposed: Was the work of officers and their superiors in the field of interest to the researcher focused on efficiency or on the statistics of results? Further proposals suggest questions about the internal control of the case under investigation.
 It was justified that it is not enough to state the fact of registration of a given person by SB as a collaborator, because it is necessary to demonstrate specific cooperation.
 It was justified that the reliability of a note decreases exponentially as a function of the number of intermediaries between it and the facts.
 The need to ask about the intentions of the officers doing reports, which could be related to their professional careers, the expectations of superiors, the need to demonstrate results, etc., was indicated. The need to investigate deviations of the examined case from the ideal instructional pattern was also indicated.
 Studies of the reliability of files have their ethical aspect. Studies that may threaten good name of the persons concerned should meet the highest methodological standards and be guided by the principle of in dubio pro reo.

Examining the relationship between the unique work experiences and cultural orientations of police officers

ABSTRACT The current study builds upon limited prior research that has assessed the relationship between elements of police culture and a host of unique officer work experiences (e.g. tenure, assigned shift and area, the number of shifts and areas worked, supervisory experience, specialized unit assignment). The sample consists of survey data from over 700 officers from a large police department in the western United States. The results demonstrated that while officers’ assigned shift and area had little effect, a number of other experiences were influential. Officers who had worked a greater number of shifts in their career were more likely to view policing as dangerous; and patrol officers were more likely to view management negatively. Further, specialized unit officers were less likely to view citizens negatively and less oriented toward order-maintenance or community policing than their patrol counterparts. Importantly, experience as measured simply by the number of years on the job, as opposed to other unique work experiences, showed that more senior officers were less likely to view citizens negatively and believe crime fighting should be a top priority, but more likely to view top management through a negative lens. We conclude by reviewing several implications and directions for future research.

Work effectiveness in relation with communication, workload, and work discipline

This study aims to determine the effect of Aeronautical Communication Officer Competence, Workload, and Work Discipline on the Work Effectiveness of Apron Movement Service Personnel at Soekarno - Hatta International Airport Cengkareng. Data collection techniques were carried out by distributing questionnaires using a Likert measurement scale. This research was conducted on 68 respondents using a quantitative descriptive approach and hypothesis testing. The collected data was then analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis techniques through SmartPLS (Partial Least Square) software. The results of this study indicate that the Competence of Aeronautical Communication Officer, Workload and Work Discipline of Apron Movement Service Personnel have a positive and significant impact on the Work Effectiveness of Apron Movement Service Personnel at Soekarno - Hatta International Airport.

"It's Pure Chaos Every Day": COVID-19 and the work of Canadian federal institutional parole officers.

As the Canadian federal correctional system grappled with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, institutional parole officers, who play a central role in prisoners’ case management team, remained essential service providers. Working in uncertain circumstances, these correctional workers navigated new and rapidly changing protocols and risks, while attempting to continue to provide support to those on their caseloads. Based on semi-structured interviews with 96 institutional parole officers, conducted after Canada’s “first wave” of COVID-19 infections, we analyze three ways in which their work was impacted by the pandemic: shifting workloads, routines, and responsibilities; increased workloads due to decarceration (i.e., efforts to reduce the number of incarcerated individuals); and the navigation of new forms of risk and uncertainty. This study advances the understanding of stress and risk in probation and parole work and presents recommendations to ameliorate the occupational stresses experienced by correctional workers during and beyond COVID-19.

Responsibility of Future Law Enforcement Officers: Results of Expert Interviews

The work of law enforcement officers and their role in today’s society is in the great interest. It is extremely important to make sure the high level of the responsibility of these professionals. The education of an individual's responsibility begins long before he or she chooses his or her profession. The following main factors of general education can be distinguished: family, school and self education. The role of higher education institution is also extremely important in order to prepare a future law enforcement officer who would be well aware of the roles of his or her activities, be able to perform them professionally, would have mastered inner social responsibility and external legal liability. The aim of the article is to investigate the responsibility of the Law study programme students – future law enforcement officers. In order to achieve this goal, the analysis of the scientific literature of the responsibility of law enforcement officers was performed, as well as the insights of experts on the legal liability and social responsibility of future law enforcement officers were explored empirically using the in-depth interviews. According to the results of scientific literature analysis, the general interview questions were formulated in order to get the in-depth insights of the experts about the responsibility of Law study programme students – future law enforcement officers. The 5 experts teaching at one of the Lithuanian higher education institution in the Law study programme were selected for the in-depth interviews matching at least one of the following criteria: 1) lecturers with a scientific degree and at least 10 years of administrative – managerial and scientific – pedagogical work experience; 2) lecturers with at least 15 years of practical work and scientific-pedagogical work experience. It was found that the main educational factors developing future professionals’ legal liability and social responsibility are family, school, church, state institutions, educational institutions. The legal liability and social responsibility of students, future law enforcement officers, in higher education institution is developed through the study process, study subjects, social welfare, mutual statutory relationship and events. A legally liable student is a member of society who complies with the laws, obligations, whose behaviour and expectations do not violate the principle of unity of rights and duties. A socially responsible student is a member of the society who clearly understands the expectations of the society for the activities of a law enforcement officer and is ready to satisfy them with his or her work. Students who are characterized by legal liability are also characterized by social responsibility, as legal liability is not possible without social responsibility. Students who are characterized by social responsibility also have legal liability, because first of all, an individual develops social responsibility and from it a legal liability develops.

The analysis of internal policy implementation on the behaviour of government officer

This article aims to analyse the implementation of internal policy on Civil Servant Officer work performance at IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo. Internal policy is an urgent item in leading an institution because it guarrantes the individual work performance. The workers will get their good work performance since the internal policy lies on worker side. The method of this research was qualitative descriptive by using field observation and interview as data collection. The data were analyzed into three steps, namely data reduction, data display, and data conclusion. The participants of this research were five administration staff, three lecturers, and five students. It used purposive sampling. The result showed that the implementation of internal policy at IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo was not effective. It caused by three problems. Firstly, it is lack of evaluation during the internal policy implemented and after it was implemented. Secondly, it is lack of coordination among stakeholders and the workers (administration staff, lecturers, and the students). Thirdly, it is lack of collaboration among stakeholder and staffs.

Tata Letak Ruang Unit Kerja Rekam Medis Di RSUD Dr.H.Moch Ansari Saleh Banjarmasin

Spatial planning is the arrangement of tools in the right location and workplace arrangements that create satisfaction for employees. The arrangement of the workspace in the medical record unit affects the service activities provided to patients, so that the workspace arrangement in the medical record unit needs to be considered so that the services provided by the medical record unit can run smoothly. Based on a preliminary study at RSUD dr. H. Moch Ansari Saleh through observation, researchers found the fact that the medical record management room was narrow, this made the officers jostling and when they passed each other they had to take turns, and the placement of facilities or facilities that were less needed made the room narrower. . And the results of interviews with medical records officers that he said officers work by walking back and forth from one table to another at a distance apart because the layout does not match the medical record workflow, this has an impact on the smoothness of service and reduces work speed. The purpose of this study Describes the layout of the medical record work unit at RSUD dr.H.Moch Ansari Saleh. This type of research method used is descriptive qualitative. Methods of data collection using interviews and observation. Based on the results of the research, the medical record unit room was not neatly arranged, the work desk was not in accordance with the medical record data processing flow, there were several work desks between officers who did not have distance, and for the filing room the layout was appropriate and did not hinder access. The area of ​​​​the medical record work unit is narrow, it is necessary to expand the room which has an impact on the comfort of the officer in working and for the filing room, it is sufficient in terms of the area of ​​​​the room. The facilities in data processing are still not suitable, it is necessary to add a work desk because there are officers who do not have a work desk

Peran Dimensi Motivasi Pelayanan Publik Dalam Meningkatkan Komitmen Afektif Pegawai

Organizational commitment is considered as one of the most important results of public service motivation. There is also an important literature from management studies and organizational behavior that emphasizes affective commitment as the main component of organizational commitment. Based on that, the purpose of this study is to examine the role of the dimensions of public service motivation on employee affective commitment. By using a quantitative approach, the research model was built and tested on 179 research respondents, who were public officer work in the area of Bandung, West Java. Multiple regression analysis is used to analyze the data, with the criteria valid for validity and reliability test. The findings showed that of the four dimensions of public service motivation, it was found that only two significantly affected affective commitment, which were variable commitment to the public interest and variable compassion.

Pengaruh Transformational Leadership Terhadap Disiplin Kerja Petugas di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kelas IIB Klaten

leadership and work discipline is a unity that must be owned by correctional officers. These two aspects have an impact on the performance of officers in prisons. This scientific article was created study to explain the transformational leadership influence on the work discipline of officers in The Correctional Institution Class IIB Klaten. Researchers used quantitative methods. Research instruments in the form of questionnaires with a Likert scale that has previously been conducted validity and reliability tests. Population as well as research sample as many as 85 respondents. The data obtained was analyzed using parametric statistics, which is a spss 20 application-assisted t test. The results of this study indicate that all coefficients of positive value with regression equations namely Y = 0.301 + 0.970X that can be stated that transformational leadership affects the discipline of the officer's work positively and significantly with the direction of exchange that is directly proportional to the coefficient X that is positive value. The coefficient of determination or R square (r2) obtained from the results of this study amounted to 0.716. The results explained that transformational leadership variables have an influence and explain the work discipline variable by 71.6%. The results of this research are expected to be information as well as considerations to optimize leadership skills and discipline in working for prison officers in Indonesia.