FREE ESSAY ON APPLETON POLICE DEPARTMENT

APPLETON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Daniel Wolski
Tuesday 10-1:00 
Appleton Police Department
Appleton is in the heart of the Fox Cities in east central Wisconsin. The population is
about 70,00 and is the 6 largest city in Wisconsin and the metropolitan area is more then
155,000.
The history of the police department is in 1854 they only had a single lawman which was a
marshal they didn't have a jail so they shared one with a neighboring town.
In 186 the city counsel voted in January to start a permanent police department, so it
started out as 1 policeman and as the town grew some patrol men were added to the force.
In 1884 they had 3 patrolmen besides the marshal and by 1886 as needed they got 3 more
policemen. The marshal and on other guy had the day shift while the others had the night
shift. In 1890 they decide to pay the policemen $2.00 per night. By the turn of the
centry they finally got a patrol wagon and got paid $55.00 a month. As years went by the
department grew as the cities grew.
The mission for the Appleton Police Department is it is a community responsive
organization that strives to bring its employees and citizens into working partnership to
help identify and solve the communities problems. They try providing their employees with
positive, supportive and professional environment that encourages innovative problem
solving to enhance the quality of life in our communities.
Commitments
They have a few commitments to professionalism, community, to progress and to its
employees.
Their professional commitment is as they are professional police officers they all adhere
to the ethical standards of their profession and to place their concerns for the welfare
of their community and the citizens of the town above their own personal concerns while
doing their police services. They all go by the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.
The community commitment is maintaining the high quality of life that exists in the
community.
The commitment to progress, exist in the changing environment. They seek opportunities
for changes leading to improved police services.
The commitment to employees is they are committed to providing their employees the
opportunity to function in a rewarding, exciting and challenging work environment.
Management philosophy 
The management's function is to provide vision to the future with organizational values
and to promote excellence and quality throughout the department. The efforts is to
provide the highest quality professional police with the community's priority. They
believe in the highest professional standards for each police officer they have and to
deliver the very best service they have to offer. Appleton management also believe in
organizational teamwork, mutual support, honest discussion and participation from other
officers in decision making is said to make an effective management.
Office of the Chief
The office of the chief provides overall management direction and the supervision of
police activities in the city of Appleton.
The Office of the Chief consists of the police chief, one lieutenant who heads the
Resource Development and Professional Standards Units; a Crime Analysis officer; 2
Resource Development unit officers and 1 administrative Secretary.
The Resource Development unit and Professional Standards Unit been combined with one
lieutenant. Their activities are conducting staff inspections to ensure the highest level
of integrity, performance and adherence to policies and procedures. They are also to
identify problems and opportunities, which may impact the organization performance.
Their objecives are to complete annual review policies and participate in cooperative
mock assignments with other Wisconsin law enforcement agencies.
Operations Bureau
The operations bureau exists to provide primary police services to the community. These
services include preventive patrol and emergency response, traffic supervision, juvenile
services and other services.
The objectives is to continue to implement problem solving policing with the community
oriented policing in mind, develop and implement proactive programs that assist crime
victims in receiving information and maintain effective partnerships for widespread
involvement of the community in improving the quality of life.
Investigation unit
The investigative unit is around to provide specialized follow-ups investigative and
offender processing services in the most effective manner possible. It is commanded by a
captian who is helped by 3 lieutenants. One of the lieutenants is responsible for the
case assignment and supervision of all the investigations. The second lieutenant is
responsible for the supervision of the Police School Liaision program which are sensitive
crime investigations. The last lieutenant is responsible for the Community Intervention
Team and is also the backup supervisor to the Lake Winnebago area.
Eight of the Police School Liaison officers are sent to one of the junior or senior high
schools for the Appleton district. They are responsible for working closely with the
school to overseeing problems, the investigation of the offenses committed by the kids
and to serve as a possitve role model for the children as a mentor.
The investigation bureau objectives are to continue to participate in community
initiatives for improving the quality of life to establishing policing/community
priorities, to improve information sharing between components within and outside of the
investigation bureau and provide traditional investigative support to the districts while
pursuing proactive and preventative objectives.
Technology 
In 1998 they received Mobile Data Computers (MDC's) in their squad cars, they will serve
as a testimony to the department's commitment to accomplish their mission. This will help
out their telecommunicators by establishing car to car transmission and save on air time.
They will continue to catch up on the latest technology to help advance their objecives
and goals and make it easier to solve crime and to get to the destinations quicker and
have it easier on the police officers in their everyday jobs.
Runaways 
Apppleton police department started a runaway program on June 1, 1997. They deal with 600
cases each year. The officers are trained to talk to the kids and their parents about why
they run away and how they can help, pretty much they try to prevent them from running
away by talking to both sources the parent and the kid.
General
There are 108 sworn officers on the Appleton police department. They get paid $34,299 per
year and the incremental increases at 6 months. The 1,2,3,4 and 5 years brings the top
patrol officers pay to $41,963 per year (with a bachelors degree). They get paid at time
and a half for any overtime hours they put in. 100% of an officers premium for medical
and dental insurance are paid by the city. The more years they put in the more they get
days off. After 1 year on the job they get 1 week, 2 years 2 weeks off, 8 years 3 weeks
off, 412 years 4 weeks and 20 years 5 weeks off. They are allowed 12 days off for sick
leave and 1 day is earned after a full month of service without calling in sick.