NCJ Number
61733
Date Published
1979
Length
115 pages
Annotation
OVER 500 EDUCATORS, POLICE PERSONNEL, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS TOOK PART IN THIS SYMPOSIUM BASED ON A NATIONAL REPORT ABOUT THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.
Abstract
THE 1979 NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIGHER EDUCATION FOR POLICE OFFICERS, HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WAS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION FOR POLICE OFFICERS, THE POLICE FOUNDATION, AND THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (OJCET) OF LEAA TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DEBATE OF THE ANALYSIS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE QUALITY OF POLICE EDUCATION, THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE NINE-MEMBER COMMISSION. UNTIL 1965, ONLY 25 PERCENT OF ALL AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS HAD RECEIVED ANY COLLEGE EDUCATION, AND OF THE MORE THAN 1,100 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING JUNIOR COLLEGES, IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY ABOUT 125 HAD PROGRAMS THAT WOULD MEET SPECIFIC POLICE REQUIREMENTS. IN 1974, 47 PERCENT OF ALL PATROL OFFICERS, 42 PERCENT OF ALL POLICE MANAGERS AND 60 PERCENT OF ALL POLICE INVESTIGATORS HAD SOME COLLEGE TRAINING, AND BY 1976, THERE WERE 1,345 COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAMS RELATED TO POLICING, WITH HUNDREDS OF THEM IN RELATIVELY NEW COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THIS SYMPOSIUM INCLUDED AS TOPICS OF DISCUSSION THE PURPOSE OF POLICE HIGHER EDUCATION, KIND OF POLICE-STUDY CURRICULUM, TYPE OF POLICE FACULTY, EVALUATION OF COLLEGE EXPENDITURES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM MONEY, KIND OF FEDERAL POLICY SUPPORT FOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE, POLICE DEPARTMENT USE OF EDUCATED OFFICERS, AND CHANGES IN POLICE EDUCATION. A LIST OF SEMINAR LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS IS INCLUDED. (AOP)