Decision Making in Policing: Operations and Management

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements About the Authors About DCAF Table of Contents Introduction Fundamentals Structure The systemic approach A coherent system of decision-making The role of information in the decision-making process The role of information in proactive and reactive styles of policing Traps in the decision-making process Summary and key points The Operational Chain Introduction Structure of the section The flow of information and intelligence culture Role of information Information processing Sustained analysis Dissemination The information technology fallacy Intelligence cannot always make the boss .(decision-maker) happy Evidence-based practice and intelligence Summary and key points The rational model The military decision-making model The police decision-making model Other decision-making models Some decision-making traps Tools Integration of information in the decision-making process Summary and key points What does tactic mean? A framework for police tactics Tact...