Police Education and Minority Recruitment
Police Education and Minority Recruitment

Author: David L. Carter

Publisher: Police Executive Res Forum

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 9781878734235

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520 This 1989 study examined the impact of a college requirement on the proportionate recruitment of minorities for police work. The first phase of the study was a comprehensive review of related research in police education, and the second phase was a survey of 699 State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies. The third phase consisted of site visits to selected police departments to collect policy-related materials and explore educational issues in greater depth through document review and interviews. The final phase of the research involved extensive legal research on the bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQ), discrimination in employment, and affirmative action practices. The data indicate that in the aggregate, law enforcement agencies in the research population had minority group members in proportions comparable to the general population. Educational levels of minority police officers were approximately the same as white officers at the undergraduate level and higher than white officers at the graduate level. Although a number of factors make college education disproportionately inaccessible to minorities, the courts have ruled that job requirements justify making a college degree a qualification for employment. Apparently there is an adequate pool of both minority and majority college-educated men and women interested in police employment. A college education can be both empirically and legally justified as a BFOQ and should be established.

Minority Police Recruitment and Selection
Minority Police Recruitment and Selection

Author: California. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Minority Recruitment Project

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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This report was compiled from presentations by keynote speakers, statements by panelists, and work groups at a conference on Minority Police Recruitment and Selection. This conference accomplished a threefold purpose: it examined many of the problems in minority recruitment and selection, determined the need for active affirmative action programs, and pointed out the lack of current, useful information.

Police Recruitment, Selection and Retention
Police Recruitment, Selection and Retention

Author: California. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Minority Recruitment Project

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13:

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This report was compiled from the keynote address, individual presentations, statements by panelists, and information generated from workshop groups at a conference on minority police recruitment, selection, and retention. The overriding purpose of the conference was to contribute to the increased effectiveness of law enforcement, a primary concern of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. In 1971, the state legislature, in Assembly Concurrent Resolution no. 158, requested that the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training provide specific programs to assist local law enforcement agencies in the recruitment of minority police candidates. The specific purpose of the conference was to provide technical information regarding compliance regulations and a viable approach to administering validated selection procedures, consistent with the intent of these regulations.

The Making of a Police Officer
The Making of a Police Officer

Author: Tore Bjørgo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-02-17

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1000033740

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Does a more academic type of police education produce new police officers that are reluctant to patrol the streets? What is the impact of gender diversity and political orientation on a police students’ career aspirations and attitudes to policing? These are some of the questions addressed by this longitudinal project, following police students in seven European countries. The unique data material makes it possible to explore a wide range of topics relevant to the future development of policing, police education and police science more generally. Part I presents an overview of the different goals and models of police education in the seven participating countries. Part II describes what type of student is attracted to police education, taking into consideration educational background, political orientation and career aspirations. Part III shows the social impact of police education by examining students’ orientations towards emerging competence areas; students’ career aspirations; and students’ attitudes concerning trust, cynicism and legalism. The overall results show that police students are strikingly similar across different types of police education. Students in academic institutions are at least as interested in street patrolling as students in vocational training institutions. Gender and recruitment policies matters more in relation to career preferences than education models. The national context plays a more important role than the type of police education system. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in policing, criminology, sociology, social theory and cultural studies and those interested in how police education shapes its graduates.

Law Enforcement Minority Recruitment Handbook
Law Enforcement Minority Recruitment Handbook

Author: California. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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The overall goal of Project MORE is to contribute toward the increase of minority personnel in California law enforcement. This publication is designed to be utilized in a systematic approach to minority recruitment. Many aspects of the handbook will have application in general, and it has been the intent in developing this operational approach to recruitment to respond to the many unanswered questions of "how do you do it?"

Reframing Police Education and Freedom in America
Reframing Police Education and Freedom in America

Author: Martin Alan Greenberg

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1000954897

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This book untangles the components of police education and advocates a robust community-based training model with significant civilian oversight. The recommended approach recognizes that the citizenry needs to be included in the provision of basic police education, for it is they who must both support and be served by their police. The police must be role models for society, demonstrating that freedom and rights come with obligations, both to the community as a whole and to individuals in need within that community. Ultimately, the quality of police training and the public’s safety depend not only on the leadership of police executives as well as the quality of educational institutions and police candidates but also on the building of a community’s trust in its police. The issues of police recruitment, education, and retention have greater consequence in an era when protests and other signs of negativity surround law enforcement. Several incidents, including, most notably, George Floyd’s murder by police, have sparked new training initiatives regarding police de-escalation and community engagement. At the same time, the proliferation of gun violence and a contentious political climate have led some officers to refrain from undertaking proactive types of policing. In this context, reform of the police education system is urgent. This book examines police training at all levels of government—local, regional, state, and federal. In addition, citizen participation programs, including the role of the media and programs for furthering law-related education (LRE), are highlighted. The proposed police education model recognizes that ordinary members of the American public need to contribute to the provision of basic police education, for it is they who must both support and be served by their police. The focus is on teaching a "guardian style" of policing at the local level. Police education would combine higher education, necessary practical proficiencies, and intensive field experiences through a gradual level of greater responsibility—likely extending over a 2-plus-year period for trainees with less than a year of previous college credits. This book will be of interest to a wide range of audiences such as law enforcement professionals and trainers, including those in executive development programs in police departments; community leaders, scholars, and policy experts who specialize in policing; concerned citizens; and students of criminal justice, especially those interested in police organization and management, criminal justice policy, and the historical development of police.