The Leadership Trifecta

It is a lot easier to train dogs to do proper police work. It is not so simple sometimes impossible with human beings.

I wish you would tell the military drill sergeants in basic training to praise the recruits in public and criticize them in private. Whether you are in formation or out of formation, the drill sergeants chew you out, and they do so in a very loud manner, so the rest of the unit can hear what is going on. Unfortunately, the chewing out continues in the military when you graduate from basic training and continues out in the civilian world whether in the public or private sector.

Unfortunately, you need to keep a written documentation of what happen with your officers, because if you have to get rid of them because they are more of a liability than an asset, you better be prepare to back it up at a review board and/or in a court of law. The bad cops will certainly keep track of their documentation to you in especially when some of them become your supervisors.

Some of the young sergeants I met in the military act like second lieutanents especially when they got their fourth stripe. Trouble is nowadays everyone wants to be promoted quickly whether in the public and/or private sector and everytime they move to a higher managerial post, they complain about the work; however, it did not stop them from taking the pay. Furthermore, they seem to work at avoiding taking responsability that goes with the job particularly nowadays, they do not want to put their John Hancock signature on any documentation.

Maybe the young police officers should be forced to wait a few years before they are given their first promotion. Unlike the military, police officers are not kick off the force just because they are not promoted on time, so a few years on the jobs will help them mature on the streets.