Supervision is difficult, especially if you are making that jump for the first time.  To do the job right, you need to start directing the performance of former peers and friends and then hold them accountable for their behaviors.

I know that there are many supervisors who are comfortable with that first part; directing performance. It is the latter, holding them accountable, that is more of a challenge.

But it is that act of holding others accountable that separates great supervisors from the pack.  I am not suggesting that you get discipline-happy and write people up for every minor violation; that is very likely to be counter-productive in the long run.  So how should it be done....

• Have clear expectations for performance, the more detailed the better, especially for less-experienced officers.
• Let them know that you will be inspecting their work to determine if your expectations were met.
• Provide appropriate (positive or corrective) feedback at, or immediately following, the evaluation.
• Repeat consistently.

If you are known as a supervisor who consistently holds officers accountable, the performance of your officers will elevate to meet your expectations.

Read on to see how accountability can present itself in a police promotion oral board.

Accountability as a Lieutenant or Captain-Level Question     

As a mid-level manager, you will need to delegate through layers.  How would you do that successfully?

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Because our online testing system has over a thousand members and is all computerized, we are able to pick out the 50 - 100 "toughest" questions from your textbooks - those questions that most people get wrong most of the time.

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