NCJ Number
88673
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Dated: (April 1983) Pages: 18-21
Date Published
1983
Length
19 pages
Annotation
Fifty-two police recruits from Saudi Arabia attended the Institute of Police Traffic Management in Jacksonville, Fla., last year to learn the technical, organizational, and leadership skills they will need to help manage their nation's recently established traffic police department.
Abstract
The recruits took part in a 30-month, 2,000-hour course which started with 8 months of English emphasizing police jargon and technical terms. They then took 22 months of instruction in traffic law enforcement. They finished each individual subject separately rather than studying several subjects simultaneously. The topics included accident investigation, first aid, traffic records, licensing, vehicle inspection, speed-timing devices and how they function, and innovations in traffic law enforcement. Classroom learning was accompanied by practical demonstrations and field trips to over 20 different places. The recruits returned to Saudi Arabia for a paramilitary boot camp and additional training. They will probably be the leaders in the Saudi police force in the future. The training program is part of an effort to deal with rapid growth in the use of automobiles and accident rates (which are far higher than those in the United States). Photographs are included.