Police Management Studies
Year:2022 | Volume:17 | Issue:4|Papers Count:7

Background and aim: One of the issues that most of the world's big cities are dealing with is the occurrence of natural disasters and hazards. Considering the unexpected nature of most natural hazards, it is necessary and needed to use a suitable model for crisis management. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to provide a model of urban crisis management in the 11th district of Tehran.Method: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in nature, which was carried out using a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) method. The sample size of 314 people was obtained by using the Cochran formula and 15 experts were interviewed using the snowball method.Results: Crisis management as a reaction to a crisis situation includes a series of continuous and dynamic operations and measures, which generally can act differently depending on the time and place where the crisis occurs, based on the classical principles of management including planning, organization, leadership and control organizations. In this regard, in the current research, a local model based on factors affecting urban crisis management was extracted and after analyzing the quantitative data, the effect of crisis management components in urban areas was confirmed.Conclusion: Today, with the urbanization of societies and the tendency of people to urban environments, attention to a better way of living has been prioritized. In this regard, the dangers caused by natural phenomena and climatic accidents that threaten humans, neglecting the correct location of cities, the growth and development of established cities, as well as the lack of necessary planning to prevent the unbridled growth of cities. Therefore, it is necessary to use a suitable model that includes all dimensions, components and effective indicators of crisis management in urban areas.

Background and aim: With the Islamic revolution entering the second stage of its life, the need for transformation and huge changes in the duties and missions of the country's institutions and organizations is felt. The police command of the Islamic Republic, as the main responsible of establishing social order and security in the country, needs to pay attention to important concepts such as community-oriented police. Therefore, the main goal of the current research is to identify and explain the main components of community-oriented policing based on the statement of the second step of the Islamic revolution.Method: The present research utilized a mixed method, which was carried out with a nested approach at the same time in two qualitative-qualitative stages. In this research, two methods of "conventional content analysis and grounded theory have been used, respectively. The unit of analysis in the first stage is themes, and the main tool used in the second stage is a semi-structured interview, which was used to extract codes from 13 experts in the database theory method.Results: According to the findings of the research, in the first stage – a content analysis method - 10 themes were determined for conducting interviews, and in the second stage, through the conducted interviews; The codes extracted using the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin were examined and counted in three types of "open, axial and selective" coding, which resulted in a total of 113 open codes, 56 central codes and 22 selective codes.Conclusion: According to the results and analysis, the extracted components show that according to the statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution, the community-oriented policing is a people-oriented or citizen-oriented approach that serves the members of society. It creates the necessary grounds and platforms for creating empathy and companionship, moral and social health, vigilance and effort.

Background and aim: Companies and organizations must pay attention to latent talents for survival; i.e., they should Identify them, nurture them, develop their skills and employ them in the right place. Because in the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, many young people are sent to perform the holy military service every year and they are often talented. Therefore, proper planning should be done to flourish and properly manage these talents. This research was conducted with the aim of designing and explaining the model of talent management capabilities in the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Method: This study is qualitative and exploratory in nature. The participants of this research are a group of commanders and senior training officers of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Data collection was done through interviews with experts and these interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached. Finally, by conducting 32 interviews, theoretical saturation happened.Results: Based on expert interviews conducted with experts and using the grounded theory model, 35 main components and 164 primary codes were identified in the field of talent management among the soldiers employees of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces.Conclusion: The findings and model obtained in this research show that the correct management of talent, in addition to the personal and psychological growth of the soldier, can become the basis for the dynamism of the soldiers and the cultivation of a skill-oriented generation in the society, and its positive results are not only for the soldier, but also for the organization and the military body. And it will lead to the emergence of a positive image of the youth towards the sacred matter of military service.

Background and aim: one of the important factors for citizens' cooperation with the police lies in the social capital of the police, which improves the legitimacy and trust of citizens in the police; Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between the social capital of the police and the general willingness to cooperate with the prevention police of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Method: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in nature, which was conducted using thematic analysis method. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview with eighteen experts who were selected purposefully. Interviews continued until theoretical saturation. For validation, two strategies of external review and pluralism were used.Results: Based on the findings of the research, three main themes and eleven sub-themes were obtained, and the main themes of citizens' interaction with the police based on social capital are: trust between the police and the people (capacity building for people's participation, voluntary activities of the police, social interaction and use of social networks), fairness in police behavior (police honesty, behavioral justice, legalism and ethical standards) and police empowerment (employee capacity building, police competence, police socialization), which causes the desire of citizens to cooperate with the police for prevention and ultimately improvement of performance.Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the prevention police, as the largest police unit, needs to interact with citizens to achieve its goals, and by using the themes of trust, fairness and empowerment, interaction and cooperation with the police can be achieved.

Background and aim: The opinion of police officers regarding the perceived value of higher education that is most beneficial to future and current police officers is very significant. In this study, the researchers were looking for the construction and validation of a tool for measuring the value of higher education in police officers.Method: This research was conducted with a practical and exploratory approach and utilized a mixed sequential exploratory methodology. The qualitative research method is a descriptive phenomenology type, and the Colaizzi method was used in its data analysis. The participants were seventeen people with different degrees and occupations who were selected by a criterion-based purposeful sampling method and studied with a semi-structured interview tool. Quantitative research method is descriptive and correlational. For the sample size, 144 eligible people were selected to participate in the research by cluster sampling method. Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the questionnaires are between 0.80 and 0.90. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the researcher-made questionnaire from the exploratory factor analysis, to check the fit of the data with the structural model of the questionnaire, from the confirmatory factor analysis and to analyze the qualitative data from the ATLAS.ti software, for the calculations related to the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis from the software Mplus8.7 and spss21 was used for correlation test.Results: After measuring content validity, face validity and construct validity using the factor analysis of data obtained from the research, the tool for measuring the value of higher education curricula was converted into 48 components in three main dimensions. This three-factor model has a suitable fit and has been interpreted and named based on the concept of variables and theoretical background as promotion and improvement of organizational performance (professionalism), professional ethics and degree-oriented (negative value).Conclusion: Considering the unique feature of the proposed model (extracted from the understanding of serving police officers), the results can be used in the policy-making and planning of the higher education system in order to improve job performance and also to achieve standards in different areas of the curriculum.

Background and aim: Pathology of failures and incidents that occurred in the implementation of police missions and operations in various areas, including the area of human resources, is one of the important duties of commanders. The current research was conducted with the objective of the pathology of the use of cadets in the riot control mission in November 2019 in Esfahan province.Method: This research is qualitative in terms of research approach and practical in terms of purpose. The research community includes the administrative commanders of Esfahan province, the commanders of Shahid Beheshti Police Training Center and the cadets employed in the riots of November 2019. The participating population included 14 learners and 10 experts who were selected purposefully to achieve theoretical saturation. The research tool is semi-structured interview. The components were extracted by analyzing the interviews and turned into the main dimensions according to the three-pronged pathology analysis model. The measured dimensions of the main theme of the lesson were categorized and analyzed using the qualitative method of content analysis.Results: The results showed that for the better implementation of similar police missions, especially missions that use the capacity of police cadets, it is essential in structural, behavioral and contextual dimensions. Actions will be taken as described below. In the field of structure, measures such as adapting the structure of education to the goals of the organization, updating educational topics, increasing personal protection equipment, increasing support and supplies. In the field of behavioral injuries, actions include: strengthening physical preparation and self-defense skills, taking into account the lack of experience of learners, strengthening the power of persuasion; and in the field of background injuries, actions as described: predicting medical and treatment services, program A plan for interaction and coordination with other cooperating institutions, the need to clarify rules and regulations, the need to familiarize students with urban geography and increase the intelligence elite of commanders should be taken into consideration.Conclusion: Strengthening the indicators obtained from the research findings can lead to an increase in the operational capacity of the acting forces.

Background and aim: Flood is one of the most damaging natural disasters that causes many human and financial losses to human societies all over the world every year; So that on a global scale, 40% of the total number of natural disasters and 26% of all deaths caused by natural disasters are caused by floods. The purpose of this research is to epitomize the lived experience of police commanders and managers of Lorestan and Khuzestan provinces in the crisis caused by the flood incident in 2019.Method: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative research in terms of approach that was conducted based on the phenomenological methodology. The number of samples was determined based on the principle of theoretical saturation, and based on this, in the framework of targeted sampling, the participation of 35 police commanders and managers of Lorestan and Khuzestan was used. Semi-structured interview was used for data collection and two-level thematic analysis according to Smith and Osborn method was used for data analysis.Results: The main themes obtained from the depiction of the lived experience of the participants are: the weakness of training before the crisis; extra-organizational cooperation and interaction; preventing, controlling and dealing with crime and disorder; helping the rescue mission; delegation of authority in the hierarchy of command; physical and mental resilience; behavior patterns; current guidelines, procedures and practices; crisis command; social participation; law enforcement logistics; supporting the families of employees living in the flooded area; consulting services after crisis management operations.Conclusion: The results of the research displayed the challenges, problems, as well as the positive and successful experience of police commanders and managers in the flood crisis of Lorestan and Khuzestan provinces in 2019. The results of the research included practical implications for the disciplinary management of natural crises, including floods.