NCJ Number
37638
Journal
Kriminalist Volume: 8 Issue: 10 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 552,554-562
Date Published
1976
Length
10 pages
Annotation
SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS BY THE WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL POLICE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION TO IMPROVE POLICE CAREER TRACK AND INSERVICE TRAINING SYSTEMS.
Abstract
THE ORGANIZATION PROPOSES THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE FORCE (MOST POLICE POWERS ARE NOW RESERVED TO THE STATES); A TWO-LEVEL CAREER TRACK FOR POLICE; UNIFORM NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR POLICE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, COMPENSATION, AND RECRUITMENT; INCREASED POLICE MANPOWER TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF INCREASED CRIME RATES; AND IMPROVEMENT OF POLICE INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE PROPOSALS WOULD ALLEVIATE THE SERIOUS MOTIVATION AND MORALE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE GERMAN POLICE, THE AUTHOR ASSERTS. --IN GERMAN