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As I read this today, it struck me as the problem facing our Law Enforcement agencies.
"Science fiction writer <broken link removed>, observing such things, has formulated what he calls the Iron Law of Bureaucracy: In every organization there are two kinds of people: those committed to the mission of the organization, and those committed to the organization itself. While the mission-committed people pursue the mission, the organization-committed people take over the organization. Then the mission-committed people tend to become discouraged and leave.
As a result, the strongest priority of most bureaucracies is the welfare of the bureaucracy and the bureaucrats it employs, not whatever the bureaucracy is actually supposed to be doing. That's worth remembering, whenever someone says they've found something else that we should "choose to do together."" -- Glenn Reynolds
The Good Cops - being dedicated to the mission - are pushed aside by The Bad Cops - those dedicated to the organization.
How do we get all of them on mission? - To Serve and Protect
Jerry is not just a writer - he is an actual rocket scientist. Was part of the SDI - Star Wars Team and was science adviser for Newt Gingrich back while Jethro was running the country. That is: smart guy.
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/
https://www.google.com/#q=pournelle's+iron+law+of+bureaucracy
"Science fiction writer <broken link removed>, observing such things, has formulated what he calls the Iron Law of Bureaucracy: In every organization there are two kinds of people: those committed to the mission of the organization, and those committed to the organization itself. While the mission-committed people pursue the mission, the organization-committed people take over the organization. Then the mission-committed people tend to become discouraged and leave.
As a result, the strongest priority of most bureaucracies is the welfare of the bureaucracy and the bureaucrats it employs, not whatever the bureaucracy is actually supposed to be doing. That's worth remembering, whenever someone says they've found something else that we should "choose to do together."" -- Glenn Reynolds
The Good Cops - being dedicated to the mission - are pushed aside by The Bad Cops - those dedicated to the organization.
How do we get all of them on mission? - To Serve and Protect
Jerry is not just a writer - he is an actual rocket scientist. Was part of the SDI - Star Wars Team and was science adviser for Newt Gingrich back while Jethro was running the country. That is: smart guy.
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/
https://www.google.com/#q=pournelle's+iron+law+of+bureaucracy