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New development: Picking a way through minefields—Leadership with political astuteness for senior police

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  • Jane Roberts
  • Jean Hartley

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This article will be of value to a range of practitioners and policy-makers concerned with operational policing or with the oversight of policing. Senior police officers, senior police staff, those aspiring to senior police roles, those involved in police leadership development, as well as elected politicians and their advisors, will find the article of considerable interest. It is also a call to arms for academics to pivot some of their research from formal governance structures of policing to identifying and analyzing the effectiveness of particular capabilities (skills, abilities, knowledge and behaviours) of political astuteness so that the police can remain operationally independent but are equipped to deal with politically complex situations involving diverse stakeholders in professional, constructive and impartial ways. The article examines the still-sparse literature on leadership with political astuteness for police officers, noting some promising avenues for policy, practice and research. In increasingly fraught political times, acting impartially but with awareness and understanding of politics is particularly important for senior police officers. Police training and development could usefully incorporate skills in political astuteness.

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  • Jane Roberts & Jean Hartley, 2025. "New development: Picking a way through minefields—Leadership with political astuteness for senior police," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(2), pages 178-181, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:45:y:2025:i:2:p:178-181
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2425422
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