MUNICIPAL POLICE IN MAINE. A STUDY OF SELECTED PERSONNEL PRACTICES WITH EMPHASIS ON RECRUIT SELECTION AND TRAINING

• NCJ Number: 78
• Author(s): J M NICKERSON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 341 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-151
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Maine
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PERSONNEL AND TRAINING PRACTICES AMONG ALL MAINE MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, HAVING AT LEAST ONE FULL TIME PAID EMPLOYEE, WERE STUDIED.

Abstract

ASPECTS OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, WORKING CONDITIONS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WERE EXPLORED. RECRUITMENT, EXAMINATIONS, PLACEMENT AND PROBATION, EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND CONSIDERATIONS IN THE TORTIOUS ACTS OF THE POLICE WERE EXAMINED. PROGRAMS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF POLICE PERSONNEL AND TRAINING WERE EXAMINED. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE TO ENABLE THE MAINE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL TO PLAN AND DEVELOP A STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF SELECTION AND TRAINING STANDARDS FOR MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. LOCAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE BODIES SHOULD FIND THE RECOMMENDATIONS VALUABLE IN ENACTING LEGISLATION ON POLICE PERSONNEL AND/ OR TRAINING MATTERS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THOUGH NOT ALL INCLUSIVE, MAY AID POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN INTERNAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.