Politics, both internal and external can have a significant impact on the effectiveness of a criminal justice organization. Every agency and organization has both internal and external politics. How can you as a member of your criminal justice agency establish yourself as a team player yet not become bogged down in politics that exist.

Many of the reasons why people become so engulfed in the media and politics is because of the rumors they hear or the lies that are being told within the media. The media portrays the police department or criminal justice all together just to be unlawful but, most cases that is manipulated to what the people want to hear; the truth is always twisted. Becoming a team player to shield yourself from the outside world such as the twisted political and media world. The only people who really need to be in the media is the sheriff, defense attorney, or courts for the press releases. There is no necessary reason as to why the rest of the police department needs to be engulfed in any flame that is about to go up because an officer said something to the press that they were not supposed to or not supposed to speak because that would tip them ogo.