EFFECT OF USING THE POLICE RADIO IN TEACHING THE NEW CRIMINAL CODE TO KENTUCKY POLICE OFFICERS

• NCJ Number: 14185
• Author(s): D J WIECHMAN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 135 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY - DISSERTATION, JUNE, 1974

Annotation

A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF AUDIO LEARNING IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO TRAIN POLICE OFFICERS WHILE ON DUTY, AND IF SO, WHAT THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER SHIFT IS.

Abstract

THE RESEARCHER USED 60 SUBJECTS - 20 EXPERIMENTALS AND 40 CONTROLS. THE MEAN DOWN TIME FOR RADIO USE OF THE DEPARTMENTS TESTED WAS TWO AND ONE-HALF MINUTES. THE MODEL (MOBILE ON DUTY ELECTRONIC LEARNING) MESSAGES LASTED APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE-HALF MINUTES WITH TEN SECOND PAUSES FOR EMERGENCY BROADCASTS EVERY 30 TO 45 SECONDS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THIS SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK IN DEPARTMENTS WITH RADIO DOWN TIMES OF LESS THAN TWO AND ONE-HALF MINUTES. FROM A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PRE-TEST AND THE POST-TEST AND BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTALS AND THE CONTROLS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MODEL SYSTEM WAS EFFECTIVE. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT IT IS CHEAPER THAN VISUAL EDUCATION AND MORE CONVENIENT IN THAT IT IS HARD TO SCHEDULE OFF-DUTY TRAINING CLASSES. NO SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS WERE FOUND BETWEEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUBJECTS AND THEIR LEARNING ABILITY.