Leading Policing in Europe ― An Empirical Study of Strategic Police Leadership

Little has been known about the heads of police in Europe, but over the last two years, Bryn Caless and Steve Tong have worked to remedy this gap. Caless and Tong draw on unprecedented access to those at the top of European police forces to obtain detailed comments from more than one hundred strategic police leaders in twenty-two countries. This book presents for the first time information about how these leaders are selected for high office, how they are held accountable, and how they view current and future challenges in policing. Endorsed by the director of CEPOL (European Police College), the head of the International Division of Bramshill National Police College, UK, as well as Richard Wainright, the director of Europol,Leading Policing in Europe offers timely and unparalleled insight into the little-known elite of the law-enforcement world.

Bryn Caless is former director of the Police College, Kent Police; a freelance writer; and a senior lecturer in law and criminal justice studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is the author ofPolicing at the Top: The Roles, Values and Attitudes of Chief Police Officers, also published by Policy Press.Steve Tong is director of policing and criminal justice in the School of Law, Criminal Justice & Computing at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is a regular contributor toBlackstone’s Handbook for Policing Students.