Critical Issues in Police Training

The first comprehensive volume written that specifically deals with the complexity and ethical issues associated with the issues of police training. It provides an analysis of the process of training, from the historical and conceptual perspective with an emphasis on the steps to be taken to improve every stage of police training. This volume covers all aspects of police training including proactive training, the history of policing, training versus education, academy training, field training officer programs, instructors and educators, stress management, community-oriented leadership and policing, multicultural law enforcement, specialist and developmental training, supervisory and management training, liability and training, police training in other countries and the future of police training. For those in law enforcement or those interested in law enforcement training.

Critical Issues in Police Training is the first academic text that specifically deals with the important issues of police training, covering the entire training process, starting with the history of policing, and taking the reader, step by step, through all the phases of police training.

Sample table of contents:

• Academy training—a professional standard model
• E T.O. training—mandatory two-phase model-academy and in-service
• Specialized courses
• Law enforcement leadership training—from the military-orientation to community-oriented policing model-introducing the c.o.l. model—community-oriented leadership
• Stress management training—discovering the "missing link"-introducing the f.i.t. model—feelings-inputs-tactics
• Community-oriented policing training—"familiarity breeds contempt"—introducing the o.c.p. model—open communication policing
• Training methodologies—student-centered and organization-centered training and education
• Instructors—where to start?
• Police training in other countries—a comparative perspective
• Small, medium or large—how to secure quality training for your agency regardless of your size and resources

Critical Issues in Police Training thoroughly delineates various stages and phases of police training, creating the opportunity to develop new courses in this so-important area of police profession. Books in the area of policing devote anywhere from as few as two pages to as much as an entire chapter to police training. In the 21st century, it is an imperative to deliver more attention to this critical aspect of policing. Students of policing, undergraduate and graduate, should be exposed to the complexity and the ethical issues associated with the ways in which police officers are trained.