In this day and age it is not required for police officers to go to school though some say it is infact, beneficial. In this essay you will see the studies of evidence in determining whether or not it is actually beneficial. There are many opinions on this topic, but many don’t understand this topic due to the lack of research. I will be going over some evidence I have found on this topic, as well as my opinion to go with it. This essay will help many become more open-minded about whether cops need education or not. As said in a book titled Policeman, many teachers in the police academy thought the books would give the student a large understanding of what life working as a cop would be like. The academy student mentioned that his advisor
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What about college? Is college beneficial to be an officer? Research has shown that those officers who have went to college later regret it in life. They become dissatisfied with their career choice and regret going to college. Many police officers who have been to college often feel more superior. They act as if they are the “expert” in policing because they have been through college. This often leads to them being frowned upon by the other officers. Officers like to have companions who are more street smart rather than book smart. Evidence has shown that a lot of the time the street smart cops are making more a year than the book smart officers. Before being cut-loose on the streets as a cop, you have 1,370 on the job hours of training that is required. I believe that those 1,370 hours are what really gives the perspective of how policing works. It gives you an open idea of how to react to certain situations. That right there is more valuable than any college degree. You receive first hand experience. In school they don’t put you in dangerous situations where you have to think fast, they may teach you about them but you are not going to be in the moment actually experiencing it and having to make those vital decisions. To me, I wouldn’t want to go to school and waist all that time if it is never really going to be that beneficial …show more content…
From an article on the Ferguson case, research has found that officers with a four-year-degree have been involved in only around 25% of the time with disciplinary action where officers with only high school education have been involved in 75% of disciplinary action. I believe that college does give officers a better understanding of what police work will be like, and have some more police tactics available to them from their education when they first encounter the streets, but officers with only high school under their belt can learn the same information and tactics by working for as little as a year as an officer. This contradicts what was stated in the paragraph above, but there is more evidence proven against education rather than with
What about college? Is college beneficial to be an officer? Research has shown that those officers who have went to college later regret it in life. They become dissatisfied with their career choice and regret going to college. Many police officers who have been to college often feel more superior. They act as if they are the “expert” in policing because they have been through college. This often leads to them being frowned upon by the other officers. Officers like to have companions who are more street smart rather than book smart. Evidence has shown that a lot of the time the street smart cops are making more a year than the book smart officers. Before being cut-loose on the streets as a cop, you have 1,370 on the job hours of training that is required. I believe that those 1,370 hours are what really gives the perspective of how policing works. It gives you an open idea of how to react to certain situations. That right there is more valuable than any college degree. You receive first hand experience. In school they don’t put you in dangerous situations where you have to think fast, they may teach you about them but you are not going to be in the moment actually experiencing it and having to make those vital decisions. To me, I wouldn’t want to go to school and waist all that time if it is never really going to be that beneficial …show more content…
From an article on the Ferguson case, research has found that officers with a four-year-degree have been involved in only around 25% of the time with disciplinary action where officers with only high school education have been involved in 75% of disciplinary action. I believe that college does give officers a better understanding of what police work will be like, and have some more police tactics available to them from their education when they first encounter the streets, but officers with only high school under their belt can learn the same information and tactics by working for as little as a year as an officer. This contradicts what was stated in the paragraph above, but there is more evidence proven against education rather than with