NCJ Number
102014
Journal
Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1986) Pages: 112-120
Date Published
1986
Length
9 pages
Annotation
A sample of 27 recruits from 3 basic training sessions of the Oakland Police Academy (Michigan) were administered a task inventory instrument after performing patrol officer tasks for 1 to 2 years after graduating from the academy.
Abstract
The July 1983 survey used an instrument composed of 304 tasks essential to police patrol functions. Officers were asked to indicate if they had performed each task and how well the academy prepared them to perform each task. Of the 304 tasks evaluated, 202 (66 percent) were reported by the officers to have been addressed adequately at the academy. Duty fields that received appraisals at or above the training criterion standard were conflict mediation, emergency preparedness, field notetaking and report writing, fingerprinting, firearms training, latent prints, and search and seizure. Duty fields rated below the standard criterion mean level were driving, civil process, and crime prevention. Other duty field receiving substandard training were jail operations, case prosecution, clerical work, crime scene search, civil disorders, defensive tactics, and police communications. Tabular data and 18 references.