Professionalism Through Police Supervisory Training (From Police Practice in the Nineties: Key Management Issues, P 137-150, 1989, James J. Fyfe, ed. -- See NCJ-121413)

• NCJ Number: 121413
• Author(s): V Henry; S Grennan
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: International City/County Management Assoc
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

Formal police supervisory and management training are essential preparation for officers who assume first-line supervisory and middle-management positions, however, the detailed descriptions or analyses of such courses are absent from most policing literature.

Abstract

The effective supervisor is an expert communicator, leader, and motivator who works with the psychological aspects of the supervisors' social relationships with subordinates. A well-conceived training program must concentrate on expanding and refining these skills and would combine a broad educational background, formal and job-specific classroom training, and practical on-the-job training. Syllabi and attendance data for sergeant and lieutenant courses in the police departments of Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York were analyzed for three variables: number of instructional hours, topics of instruction, and number of students. There was interagency variation on the emphases of their courses, however, each included supervisory training as part of the developmental experience as well as agency-specific training. Once a clear job definition is developed, two possible teaching methods are transition panels and self-assessment instruments. 15 references.