NCJ Number
138758
Date Published
1992
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This report was developed to help law enforcement trainers implement inexpensive management training programs for sergeants, lieutenants, captains, and police chiefs.
Abstract
As police department training resources continue to decrease, professional law enforcement trainers must develop new and innovative training methods for supervisors and executives. Police administrators frequently overlook resources within their own departments. Also, businesses and industrial firms may have expert instructors who can be loaned to police departments. For example, Operation Bootstrap is a program in which major companies provide spaces in their training programs for police officers. Some of the participating companies include AT&T, General Electric, Procter and Gamble, and Xerox. Over 2,000 officers from over 460 police departments in 47 States have participated in Operation Bootstrap. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has several low-cost or no-cost training programs for police managers and executives. The 2-week residential program known as Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminars (LEEDS) is available for medium-sized police agencies. Training is also available from the National Executive Institute to police agencies serving population centers of 200,000 or more. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, conducts training for local police agencies; no management training, however, is provided. Many Federal agencies conduct nonmanagerial training programs for local police. In addition, training is available from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, command colleges, commercial schools, the Institute of Police Technology and Management (Jacksonville, Florida), the Southern Police Institute (Louisville, Kentucky), the Organized Crime Center of the Broward Sheriff's Office (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), the Northwestern Traffic Institute (Evanston, Illinois), the Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute (Dallas, Texas), and the Police Executive Research Forum. Available scholarships, sponsorships, and grants are noted, and the use of training consultants is discussed.