Law Enforcement Organizational Culture

The state policing agencies have come under harsh criticism, resulting in some state police agencies coming under review by the federal government. After a four-year hiatus, the federal government will review the state police agencies for systemic constitution violations. The 2020 Black Lives Matter following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville warranted the local police departments to come under review of the federal government to examine the organizational culture that could be causing such abuse of power (U.S. V. City of Los Angeles - Consent Decree, 2021). Under federal review, the local police department must meet court-ordered benchmarks of training, accountability, and revised use-of-force policies. While there have been concerns about its conduct, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has not come under the federal government, a testament to responsible policing policies and responsiveness to the local communities.

Leadership and Mission

The mission of the NYPD is to enhance the effectiveness of the police department; increase public safety; protect civil liberties and civil rights; and increase the publics confidence in the police force, thus building stronger police-community relations (Inspector General for NYPD, 2021). The values upheld by the NYPD are protecting the lives and property of citizens, impartiality while enforcing the law, preventing crime and aggressively following the violators, maintaining a high strand of integrity, and upholding the dignity and value of human life by applying the law with courtesy and civility. An organizations mission and core values are the default guiding principles in policy and its implementation, determining the approach to using force and the relationship between the police and their respective communities.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) comes under the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) following the discovery of the rampant area corruption in the agency, excessive force, unreasonable seizure and search, and false arrests. Consequently, the LAPD and the DOJ entered into a consent decree to promote police integrity and prevent misconduct resulting in the denial of citizens rights, immunities, and privileges rendered by the constitution (Bruneau, 2000). The decree emphasizes the management and supervisory measures to uphold civil rights, adherence to due procedures, investigations, documentation, review, management of confidential informants, integrity audits, and community outreach and public information. While the LAPD denies these allegations, the DOJ has presented compelling evidence that led the City council and the mayor, forming a Consent Decree Task Force (CDTF) that is required toplan, coordinate, track, monitor, and report on the LAPDs compliance with the decrees provisions.

The LAPDs leadership is guided by its mission to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve, to reduce the incidence and fear of crime, and to enhance public safety while working with the diverse communities to improve their quality of life (Dunn, 2008). Its core values are offering service to Los Angeles communities, revere the law, purveyor to leadership, uphold integrity in its speech and actions, respect the people, and ensure the quality of service through continuous improvement. The differences between the leadership of NYPD and NYPD are in their orientation in the enforcement and core objectives in their missions. The NYPD focuses on protecting the rights, privileges, and dignity accorded to the citizens. At the same time, LAPD pays more attention to preventing crime and securing the lives of the citizens...

…would hold the LAPD, City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners accountable. Consequently, the attitude of the leadership is mirrored in either departments officers and resulting in the DOJ placing the LAPD under oversight to correct the poor management strategies.

Subgroups

The LAPD Threat Response Unit and the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau (C.T.) serve the same purpose of guarding against the respective cities from local and international threats (Counterterrorism - NYPD, 2021). For example, the LAPD Threat Response Unit collaborates with the FBI, the United States Secret Service, and the California Highway Patrols (CHP) Dignitary Protection Unit to gather intelligence to prevent the orchestration of threats against the citizens livings in Los Angeles (Dunn, 2008). The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau coordinates with federal, state, and other law enforcement agencies to gather intelligence to detect and prevent attacks. Both units are responsible primarily for conducting collaborative operations to prevent terrorist attacks or other forms of threats to the welfare of the state and the nation. Notably, due to the collaborative efforts conducted with the federal government, the units are dutiful and adhere to the stipulated operating procedures. The management of the challenges associated with the development of a common understanding makes it possible for the organization to meet its expectations.

Following the 9/11 attack, N.Y. C.T. was created with critical response command as a subdivision composed of police who received specialized training to respond swiftly and with sufficient expertise and force to tackle high degree threats. The Threat response unit also has specialized training to combat threats of high-level threats (Elekes, 2014). At the same time, these NYPD CT and the Threat Response Unit are responsible for upholding policing…