STATEWIDE POLICE COMMAND AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING, THREE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS - NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA, ARKANSAS

• NCJ Number: 343
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 329 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-016; OLEA-053; OLEA-087
• Corporate Author: New Jersey Police Training Cmssn
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINAL PROJECT REPORTS ON DEMONSTRATION TRAINING EFFORTS TO EXPAND IN-SERVICE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR POLICE PERSONNEL.

Abstract

THE NEW JERSEY MOBILE TRAINING UNITS PROJECT WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH USE OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED MOBILE UNIT CLASSROOMS. THIS PROJECT OFFERS A POSSIBLE MODEL FOR OTHER STATES WITH SUPERVISORY TRAINING NEEDS IN SMALL COMMUNITIES WITH SHORTAGE OF CLASSROOM SPACE AND THE FINANCIAL INABILITY TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT REGIONAL ACADEMIES. THE NORTH CAROLINA POLICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE PROGRAM INVOLVED PRESENTATION OF A SPLIT-SESSION, ONE-MONTH MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR 26 COMMAND MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS IN CITIES WITH POPULATIONS FROM 15,000 TO 200,000. THE EXPERIENCE WITH SHORT COURSES OF A FUNCTIONAL NATURE INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN BROKEN INTO SHORT SESSIONS WITH PERIODIC RETURNS TO THE JOB. THE ARKANSAS POLICE SUPERVISORS' CLASSES PROJECT SOUGHT TO INTRODUCE BASIC SUPERVISORY TRAINING IN A STATE WHERE NONE HAD EXISTED BEFORE. THIS WAS PHASED OVER A SEVEN-MONTH PERIOD WITH CLASSES AT FIXED REGIONAL SITES ON WORKING DAYS, TERMINATING EARLY ENOUGH FOR STUDENTS TO RETURN TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS EACH DAY.