Thoroughly revised and updated. this practical hands-on book is packed full of step-by-step guidelines and suggestions for carrying out a multitude of leadership tasks and responsibilities focused on a changing work force serving an equally changing and complex society. The author furnishes the aspiring novice or veteran police supervisor with specific advice on how to train, counsel, inspect, discipline and assess the performance of his or her subordinates. He strives to help the supervisor with the vital obligations of being a planner, "problem resolution officer" and effective communicator within as well as outside the law enforcement organization. COMMON SENSE POLICE SUPERVISION represents a fresh, new, realistic approach to a challenging task: providing strong, effective leadership to front-line employees in a dynamic, demanding profession. It is a "must read" for the current or budding police supervisor determined to influence people and events rather than be driven by them.