This unit you have been exploring the relationship between individual

This unit you have been exploring the relationship between individual stress in police officers and how the way police departments are organized contribute to this stress. In order to complete this assignment please read the following transcript from an interview that took place on the National Public Radio show “This American Life” between host Ira Glass, Graham Rayman — a reporter for the New York Village Voice – and Adrian Schoolcraft, a former police officer of the New York Police Department. You can access the transcript by scrolling down the page to the title “Act Two: Is that a tape recorder in your pocket or are you just unhappy to see me?”

Based on your readings this week compose a 300 word response that identifies some of the organizational stressors Schoolcraft documented in his recordings that patrol officers must deal with on a day to day basis. Please also address the organizational and societal stressors that were placed on Schoolcraft’s supervisors. Finally do you believe that large police departments can be managed using a different model than the top-down approach? You should also review and respond to your classmate’s postings.
This is the link:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/414/transcript