...E.S. Ralston; S.A. Chadwick Purpose The police force in the USA is a unique organizational type that combines structural traits of military and professional bureaucracy. The specifics of police work require high levels of trust between employees on all hierarchical levels. This paper aims...

...Colleen Kadleck Police employee organizations and unions have been identified as obstacles to police management as well as to policy implementation. While much has been made of the behavior of these organizations, little empirical work has addressed the nature of these organizations in terms...