Decision Making by Police Superiors - Exploring Selected Aspects

Who, what, when, where, why, in what way, by what means? - These are "seven golden questions" which a police officer should ask themselves before they make a decision. The subject matter of the paper is description of the decision-making by police superiors. The results of research aimed at confirming the specificity of decision making in police and defining police officers' behavior in difficult and stress-inducing situations of any kind which they regularly encounter while performing official duties. The goal of the study is also to indicate that making managerial decisions combines rational analysis aspects with intuition. Being on duty superiors pay attention to information concerning safety aspects. This kind of information is vital in order to take the actions staying in compliance with applicable law and not posing a threat to them, inferiors and society