NCJ Number
25897
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 FILM, DEALING WITH TRAFFIC STOPS, COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS THE WOMAN WHO OFFERS SEX IN EXCHANGE FOR IGNORING A VIOLATION, THE DRIVER WHO PLEADS TO BE LET OFF, STOPPING AN OLD BUDDY, THE YOUNG 'HIPPIE-TYPE' DRIVER, AND HOSTILITY FROM AN ARGUING COUPLE. 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, AND NCJ-25898 THROUGH NCJ-25901. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)