CHESAPEAKE (VA) MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - EVALUATIVE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 30620
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 100 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-DF-03-0012
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PROJECT INVOLVED A SEARCH AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AIMED AT MINORITY AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED CANDIDATES, COUPLED WITH AN INTERN TRAINING PROGRAM.

Abstract

GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NONWHITE OFFICERS, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WHITE AND NONWHITE COLLEGE GRADUATE RECRUITS, TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES AMONG MINORITIES, AND TO IMPROVE DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING AND PLANNING. RELATED GOALS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: TO INCREASE INTERDEPARTMENTAL INTER-RANK INPUT CONCERNING TRAINING AND PLANNING PROCESSES AND TO EXPLORE AND EVALUATE A METHOD OF MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND A METHOD OF COLLEGE GRADUATE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND RETENTION. EACH GOAL AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT WAS ATTAINED IS TREATED SEPARATELY. EVALUATION MEASURES INVOLVED BOTH PRE- AND POST-TESTING OF INTERNS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE DIVISION OF POLICE DOUBLED AND QUADRUPLED THEIR MINORITY MEMBERSHIP. OTHER RESULTS AND PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDED.