Cj345 Unit 6 Research Paper
Unit 6: Scenario
Tina Adams
July 18, 2015
Kaplan -CJ345 Supervisory Practices in Criminal Justice
Professor: James Washburn
Unit 6: Scenario
Scenario 1: Bad Behavior?
In this scenario Sergeant Officer Stevens is the sergeant on the evening shift and he reported to me the shift lieutenant that two male officers were telling sexually explicit jokes in the hallway with a female dispatcher standing only a few feet away. The sergeant ignored the situation and came and told me about it instead.
The sergeant in this scenario should have responded to the officers in the hallway. He should have never let them finish the joke. Telling these kinds of jokes at work are against the policy and very unprofessional. If the female dispatcher happened to hear the joke and it was about women and sex in any way, it would be considered sexual harassment. Officer Sergeant Stevens should have taken care of this, instead of telling me about it, his actions did not maintain good order. Leaders like Officer Sergeant Stevens should be looking for these kinds of issues and taking care …show more content…
If they do not have this policy replayed and replayed in their brains they may not understand how important it really is (More & Miller, 2014). By Sergeant Stevens pushing the incident onto me, tells me that he must let this type of thing happen all the time and that he condones it. If there was not a female dispatcher in the men’s presence, I am sure nothing would have been said.
According to More & Miller, (2014) it is the responsibility of the supervisors to report and deal with any complaint or concern about sexual harassment. An investigation should be taken place, so that the supervisor where this misconduct has started and who was involved. The supervisor should have also gone over the policy’s disciplinary action that goes along with sexual harassment (p.
Tina Adams
July 18, 2015
Kaplan -CJ345 Supervisory Practices in Criminal Justice
Professor: James Washburn
Unit 6: Scenario
Scenario 1: Bad Behavior?
In this scenario Sergeant Officer Stevens is the sergeant on the evening shift and he reported to me the shift lieutenant that two male officers were telling sexually explicit jokes in the hallway with a female dispatcher standing only a few feet away. The sergeant ignored the situation and came and told me about it instead.
The sergeant in this scenario should have responded to the officers in the hallway. He should have never let them finish the joke. Telling these kinds of jokes at work are against the policy and very unprofessional. If the female dispatcher happened to hear the joke and it was about women and sex in any way, it would be considered sexual harassment. Officer Sergeant Stevens should have taken care of this, instead of telling me about it, his actions did not maintain good order. Leaders like Officer Sergeant Stevens should be looking for these kinds of issues and taking care …show more content…
If they do not have this policy replayed and replayed in their brains they may not understand how important it really is (More & Miller, 2014). By Sergeant Stevens pushing the incident onto me, tells me that he must let this type of thing happen all the time and that he condones it. If there was not a female dispatcher in the men’s presence, I am sure nothing would have been said.
According to More & Miller, (2014) it is the responsibility of the supervisors to report and deal with any complaint or concern about sexual harassment. An investigation should be taken place, so that the supervisor where this misconduct has started and who was involved. The supervisor should have also gone over the policy’s disciplinary action that goes along with sexual harassment (p.