The Challenge of Change. Adaptation strategies for effective policing in practice
auteurs | Rutger Rienks |
Jacques Tuin | |
tijdschrift | Cahiers Politiestudies (ISSN: 1784-5300) |
jaargang | Jaargang 2011 |
aflevering | 20. Technology-led policing |
onderdeel | Artikelen |
publicatie datum | 25 augustus 2011 |
taal | English |
pagina | 219 |
samenvatting | The police must always be able to prove its worth in making society a safer place. If it is no longer able to make good this promise, the legitimacy of the institution becomes questionable – an untenable situation. In today’s rapidly changing world, the challenge for the police is to keep one step ahead of criminals who are increasingly profiting from the opportunities opened up by technological advances. The race against criminals forces the police institution to change, and the subject of the present article is the evolving police. But the Dutch police is a dogged organization, with a compulsive tendency to fall back on the familiar. This article examines the current situation in line with four important principles from the theory of change management: vision, flexibility, implementation form, and motivation. |