NCJ Number
144899
Journal
Field Training Quarterly Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (First Quarter 1993) Pages: 16-39
Date Published
1993
Length
24 pages
Annotation
A national field training survey was recently conducted that involved correctional institutions, sheriff departments, State law enforcement agencies, university police departments, fish and wildlife agencies, and municipal police departments in 36 States and the District of Columbia.
Abstract
Of 300 law enforcement agencies randomly selected for the survey, 104 responding agencies ranged in size from 2 to 5,500 full-time personnel. Information provided by these agencies was compiled and entered into a computerized data base, according to the number of sworn personnel. Data were analyzed with respect to agencies offering field training officer (FTO) training programs, number of hours of FTO training, agencies providing annual FTO refresher training, training program organizational placement, supervisor training, and FTO compensation by agency size. Average figures for hours of FTO training, number of agencies providing refresher training, number of agencies providing supervisor training, and number of supervisor training hours were very close among all agencies surveyed. Although 90 percent of surveyed agencies offered specialized training to FTO's, the remaining 10 percent received no training. A majority of agencies did not provide refresher training, and almost half did not compensate their FTO's.