After reading through our textbook and thinking back to when I was at the academy and the department I work for I feel the Para-Military or Quasi-Military model is a the main theme I have seen in larger city departments where as in small cities I have seen it more as a Democratic model.
The police academy trains all new recruits how to be a police officer (basic as possible). The style at the state academy was Quasi-Military and has since in the last year changed to a Democratic model. The goal now is to train new recruits regardless of gender or ethnicity not to Para-Military officers. Prior to this the academy trained recruits from day one that they had to brace against the walls when anyone other then a recruit was walking down the halls
The police academy trains all new recruits how to be a police officer (basic as possible). The style at the state academy was Quasi-Military and has since in the last year changed to a Democratic model. The goal now is to train new recruits regardless of gender or ethnicity not to Para-Military officers. Prior to this the academy trained recruits from day one that they had to brace against the walls when anyone other then a recruit was walking down the halls