INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEMINAR, PART 1 - POLICE TRAINING AND RECRUITING IN GREAT BRITAIN

• NCJ Number: 40544
• Author(s): H V D HALLETT
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 40 MINUTES, 1/2 INCH VIDEOTAPE, B & W, 1977

Annotation

BRITISH POLICE OFFICIAL PRESENTS OVERVIEW OF POLICE TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Abstract

POLICE OPERATIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ARE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN TO THOSE IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. IN ENGLAND, 50 PERCENT OF THE FUNDING FOR POLICE COMES FROM THE LOCAL AREA AND 50 PERCENT COMES FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. THE SPEAKER DESCRIBES THE TRAINING A BRITISH POLICE OFFICER RECEIVES. RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED AND DRAMATIZED. THE SPEAKER ALSO EXPLAINS THE WAY THE POLICE CADET CORPS WORKS TO RECRUIT YOUNG MEN WITH AN INTEREST IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER. THE SPEAKER GIVES A PICTURE OF THE OPERATION OF THE POLICE DISTRICT TRAINING CENTERS AND THE WORK THEY DO. FOR RELATED INFORMATION, SEE NCJ-40545-40548....BDS