Konya police chief turns into a successful author
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Hurriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 14, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - Konya police chief, Ercan Taştekin offers an inside view into the police force through biting dialogue and stories with his colleagues, in his book. ’Ezber Bozan Polis-lik’ is the first in a series of books Taştekin plans to publish in the same style.
The central Anatolian city of Konya’s police chief continues to defy the standard job description as he publishes a no-holds-barred book in his sixth year on the job.
Ercan Taştekin has not only lowered the crime rate, but has also seen to it that no unsolved murder cases have been left pending. The time period of analyzing crime scene evidence has been lowered to mere hours. As a result of all this, Konya residents consider the police department to be the most trustworthy state foundation.
His book, titled "Ezber Bozan Polis-lik" (The Police Ğ Work Surpassing the Ordinary), contains two-years of his collective postings on the police news Web site, sucveceza.com.
Members of the Konya Police Department, nicknamed "CSI Konya," have come to the attention of their colleagues from other cities through media coverage of their success. Taştekin aims to share the Konya Police Department’s experiences with others through this book. His fluent style focuses on the problems of the organization and ways to overcome them. He strongly advocates professional police work.
In his book, Taştekin offers an inside view into the police force through biting dialogue and stories with his colleagues. "Ezber Bozan Polis-lik" is the first in a series of books Taştekin plans to publish in the same style. The book, released by Graftürk Publishing, has attracted interest, especially from young police officers.
The following are some excerpts from the book:
"Our organization must prevent crime in its own world foremost. Instead of blaming those involved in crimes, the reasons that drive the police to commit crimes must be investigated and arrangements must be made within the organization. Crime is infectious and the risk of the police who fight crime getting involved in it is much higher than other professions. Therefore, clean and constantly disinfected work conditions must be provided against infectious crimes.
Mayor Giuliani tough on crime
"Besides that, the misinterpretation of protecting a colleague by covering up some crimes must be abandoned and the differentiation between indulgence and compromise must be made clear. Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York elected in 1993, was known for his applications for lowering the crime rate with his uncompromising approach to crimes committed by staff. This is one of the factors that led to his success."
"The superiority of the law and its suitability to human rights is a must in all fields but especially for services pertaining to (crime) prevention as in modern police work. It is important to not make a bad situation worse. The most harmful thought that must be destroyed is the attitude and application of: ’Illegal actions may be exercised sometimes for to provide peace and security.’ The most dangerous thing is the thought: ’They do not know the realities of the street’ toward academic work and approaches. In reality, the thing behind these wrongs is to know the profession wrongly or incompletely. A half-doctor would rob you of your life; a half-police officer would rob you of your peace."
"The good cop is ethical. He gets tired because of his job and following the ethics of the profession, but he generally does not find himself in hard positions. "The bad cop is a suck up. He sucks up to avoid punishment when he is caught for crimes he committed in pursuit of his personal comfort or gain. We are all the same in the beginning. In time, we become good or bad cops. We are neither all good or bad cops. We all have goodness and badness in ourselves to some degree. With the wish to increase our goodness and eliminate our badness É" The book seems set to have its fair share of supporters and opponents as it is very rare to get such an insider look into an organization dealing with security.
Ercan Taştekin has not only lowered the crime rate, but has also seen to it that no unsolved murder cases have been left pending. The time period of analyzing crime scene evidence has been lowered to mere hours. As a result of all this, Konya residents consider the police department to be the most trustworthy state foundation.
His book, titled "Ezber Bozan Polis-lik" (The Police Ğ Work Surpassing the Ordinary), contains two-years of his collective postings on the police news Web site, sucveceza.com.
Members of the Konya Police Department, nicknamed "CSI Konya," have come to the attention of their colleagues from other cities through media coverage of their success. Taştekin aims to share the Konya Police Department’s experiences with others through this book. His fluent style focuses on the problems of the organization and ways to overcome them. He strongly advocates professional police work.
In his book, Taştekin offers an inside view into the police force through biting dialogue and stories with his colleagues. "Ezber Bozan Polis-lik" is the first in a series of books Taştekin plans to publish in the same style. The book, released by Graftürk Publishing, has attracted interest, especially from young police officers.
The following are some excerpts from the book:
"Our organization must prevent crime in its own world foremost. Instead of blaming those involved in crimes, the reasons that drive the police to commit crimes must be investigated and arrangements must be made within the organization. Crime is infectious and the risk of the police who fight crime getting involved in it is much higher than other professions. Therefore, clean and constantly disinfected work conditions must be provided against infectious crimes.
Mayor Giuliani tough on crime
"Besides that, the misinterpretation of protecting a colleague by covering up some crimes must be abandoned and the differentiation between indulgence and compromise must be made clear. Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York elected in 1993, was known for his applications for lowering the crime rate with his uncompromising approach to crimes committed by staff. This is one of the factors that led to his success."
"The superiority of the law and its suitability to human rights is a must in all fields but especially for services pertaining to (crime) prevention as in modern police work. It is important to not make a bad situation worse. The most harmful thought that must be destroyed is the attitude and application of: ’Illegal actions may be exercised sometimes for to provide peace and security.’ The most dangerous thing is the thought: ’They do not know the realities of the street’ toward academic work and approaches. In reality, the thing behind these wrongs is to know the profession wrongly or incompletely. A half-doctor would rob you of your life; a half-police officer would rob you of your peace."
"The good cop is ethical. He gets tired because of his job and following the ethics of the profession, but he generally does not find himself in hard positions. "The bad cop is a suck up. He sucks up to avoid punishment when he is caught for crimes he committed in pursuit of his personal comfort or gain. We are all the same in the beginning. In time, we become good or bad cops. We are neither all good or bad cops. We all have goodness and badness in ourselves to some degree. With the wish to increase our goodness and eliminate our badness É" The book seems set to have its fair share of supporters and opponents as it is very rare to get such an insider look into an organization dealing with security.