Chiefs Davis Disadvantages
There are advantages and disadvantages to Chiefs Davis and Fortier police executive styles, administrator and statesman police executive style (Cordner, 2016). A careful balance needs to be achieved to encompass a part of each police executive style in order to achieve the goals, objectives, and priorities.
The administrator style that Chief Fortier exhibited within his department attempted to reorganize the departmental staff to better line them with his agenda (Cordner, 2016). The changes that Chief Fortier wanted to utilize could have been successful has he have shared his ideas and vision with the staff. The choices that Chief Fortier made distanced him further from the actual police function and into a predominantly managerial position.
The administrator style that Chief Fortier exhibited within his department attempted to reorganize the departmental staff to better line them with his agenda (Cordner, 2016). The changes that Chief Fortier wanted to utilize could have been successful has he have shared his ideas and vision with the staff. The choices that Chief Fortier made distanced him further from the actual police function and into a predominantly managerial position.