NCJ Number
118314
Date Published
1989
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Operation Bootstrap, begun in 1985, is an educational clearinghouse that provides tuition-free corporate management training programs to a cross-section of police administrators and officers across the country.
Abstract
Launched as a pilot program of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Operation Bootstrap now reaches into 40 States with support from private foundations and the National Institute of Justice. It offers state-of-the-art management training and self-help programs that range in length from 1 day to 1 week and cover subjects such as effective supervision, conflict resolution, group problemsolving, and stress management. Approximately 70 corporations donated over 800 seats in their executive education programs in 1988, absorbing tuition costs for police personnel and leaving participants responsible only for travel and per diem expenses through their departments. At an average cost of $600 a course, corporations are donating approximately $500,000 to the law enforcement sector this year.