NCJ Number
25899
Date Published
1975
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS AUDIO-VISUAL TRAINING AID, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE POLICE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES, CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHORT FILM 'MODULES' DEPICTING STRESSFUL OR EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS OFTEN FACED BY POLICE OFFICERS ON THE JOB.
Abstract
THE MODULES ARE A SERIES OF 27 DRAMATIC FILM EPISODES, PRESENTED IN SIX REELS, WHICH ATTEMPT TO DIRECTLY INVOLVE THE STUDENT IN SITUATIONS HE WILL ENCOUNTER ON THE STREET SO HE CAN ANALYZE BOTH THE SITUATIONS AND HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THEM BEFORE HE MUST DEAL WITH THEM IN THE REAL WORLD. NOT JUST OPEN-ENDED, THESE FILMS ARE FIRST-PERSON, 'EYE OF THE CAMERA' PRESENTATIONS IN WHICH THE VIEWER SEES ONLY THE PEOPLE HE IS DEALING WITH, MENTALLY SUPPLYING HIS OWN DIALOG AND REACTIONS. THE SIX FILMS COVER TRAFFIC STOPS (2 REELS), STRESS, HOSTILITY, STEREOTYPES, AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL SITUATIONS. THIS REEL, WHICH DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH HOSTILITY, PRESENTS SUCH SITUATIONS AS THE INTERRACIAL COUPLE, OBSCENE AND EXTREMELY INSULTING HARASSMENT, COPING WITH A CITIZEN'S DISPARAGING COMMENTS ON POLICE, AND HOSTILITY TOWARDS POLICE IN PUBLIC AREAS. THE FILM SET IS ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE AND A 'TRAIN THE TRAINER' PROGRAM TO HELP THE INSTRUCTOR ACHIEVE THE DESIRED TRAINING GOALS. FOR OTHER FILMS IN THIS SET, SEE NCJ-25896 THROUGH 25898, AND 25900 THROUGH 25901. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)