NCJ Number
25135
Date Published
Unknown
Length
6 pages
Annotation
AN EXAMINATION OF THREE INDICATORS OF CADET TRAINING SUCCESS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ASSESS THE INITIAL IMPACT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM.
Abstract
THE CADET TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN YOUNG PERSONS INTERESTED IN A POLICE CAREET WHO HAVE NOT YET REACHED THE MINIMUM POLICE AGE REQUIREMENT OF 21. THE INDICATORS USED INCLUDED THE NUMBER OF CADETS WHO WERE PLACED IN THE SPONSORING AGENCIES IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED THEIR TRAINING, THE NUMBER OF CADETS WHO WERE PLACED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OTHER THAN THEIR SPONSORING AGENCIES, AND THE GRADES OF THE CADETS AT THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY. SEVENTEEN OUT OF THE TWENTY CADETS OBTAINED POLICE EMPLOYMENT. NINE OF THE CADETS RECEIVED EMPLOYMENT AT THE AGENCY THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO DURING TRAINING. ALL CADETS PASSED THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY, WITH GRADES RANGING FROM 78 TO 92. THE EVALUATORS STATE THAT ONCE THE CADETS ARE ON THE JOB FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR, OTHER INDICATORS CAN BE USED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. AMONG THESE ARE CADET RATE OF PROMOTION, NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS, NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AGAINST CADETS, NUMBER OF OFFICIAL REPRIMANDS, OR NUMBER OF CASES COST IN COURT DUE TO IMPROPER PROCEDURES. FOR THE INTERIM REPORT AND THE FINAL EVALUATION REPORT, SEE NCJ-25133 AND NCJ-25134.