Chapter 5 Summary:
Police Training and Education
Michelle Elsenbary
North Carolina Central University
Police training and education have remained a controversial issue for many years and both have been debated about how to distinguish the two. Training is the provision of basic skills necessary to perform essential job functions. Education is the provision of familiarity with the theoretical concepts and principles underlying the training. To improve the quality of policing in the United States, higher education was proposed and some agencies participated in continuing professional education programs. This allowed policing to be more like a profession than an occupation. The debate about higher education for police offers several beneficial reasons as to why it is important. Based on PACE, some of these reasons include: developing a broader base of information for decision making, improving attitudes toward minority groups and leading to a more flexible value system. Some police agencies have higher education requirements, but most only require a high …show more content…
It allows the officers to be competent in doing their job effectively, as well as, making better communicators of the public servants responsible for maintaining order. Also, skilled communication is of most importance in training. Police training is ongoing and there are different types of training involved. Recruit training or basic training is the initial training successful police applicants are exposed to. Field training involves officers being paired with FTOs or veteran officers who evaluate them while they are out on the street. This is also the probationary period. Ongoing in-service training is to keep professionals up to date with continuous changes that affect their practice. Technological advances are also related to police training. For example, Use of Force Training Simulator and Peace officer Accredited TRaining OnLine are
Police Training and Education
Michelle Elsenbary
North Carolina Central University
Police training and education have remained a controversial issue for many years and both have been debated about how to distinguish the two. Training is the provision of basic skills necessary to perform essential job functions. Education is the provision of familiarity with the theoretical concepts and principles underlying the training. To improve the quality of policing in the United States, higher education was proposed and some agencies participated in continuing professional education programs. This allowed policing to be more like a profession than an occupation. The debate about higher education for police offers several beneficial reasons as to why it is important. Based on PACE, some of these reasons include: developing a broader base of information for decision making, improving attitudes toward minority groups and leading to a more flexible value system. Some police agencies have higher education requirements, but most only require a high …show more content…
It allows the officers to be competent in doing their job effectively, as well as, making better communicators of the public servants responsible for maintaining order. Also, skilled communication is of most importance in training. Police training is ongoing and there are different types of training involved. Recruit training or basic training is the initial training successful police applicants are exposed to. Field training involves officers being paired with FTOs or veteran officers who evaluate them while they are out on the street. This is also the probationary period. Ongoing in-service training is to keep professionals up to date with continuous changes that affect their practice. Technological advances are also related to police training. For example, Use of Force Training Simulator and Peace officer Accredited TRaining OnLine are