palerider116
Regular Member
Performance is a relative term. Policing is often wholly given to the religion of statistics. An officer with high arrests and tickets is lauded for his high productivity while the officer who gives more warnings and finds other avenues outside of tossing someone into the criminal justice system is disdained as a low performer. A meaningful solution does not always been arrest and prosecution.
But there is this obsession with numbers...
There is the constant threat of performance evaluations and subsequent probation for low numbers. The old quota myth is alive and well in what is called a performance standard. Having been on the ropes for that and having had to retain an attorney to fight the proceedings, it is an ugly fight. Eventually I prevailed, but at great personal expense.
Performance has to be assessed in relation to the culture of the agency. Be nosy. Be active. Citizens should never let any government agency do anything without strict scrutiny.
IQ tests don't fix stupidity, poor training, or evil/illegal intentions.
But there is this obsession with numbers...
There is the constant threat of performance evaluations and subsequent probation for low numbers. The old quota myth is alive and well in what is called a performance standard. Having been on the ropes for that and having had to retain an attorney to fight the proceedings, it is an ugly fight. Eventually I prevailed, but at great personal expense.
Performance has to be assessed in relation to the culture of the agency. Be nosy. Be active. Citizens should never let any government agency do anything without strict scrutiny.
IQ tests don't fix stupidity, poor training, or evil/illegal intentions.