NCJ Number
27512
Date Published
1970
Length
0 pages
Annotation
UNCONVENTIONAL POLICE TRAINING FILM DEALING WITH THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE PERSONAL EMOTIONS POLICE OFFICERS MAY FEEL IN CERTAIN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS AND THE ACTIONS THEY TAKE AS POLICEMEN.
Abstract
POLICE OFFICERS (PORTRAYED BY MEMBERS OF THE MOUNT VERNON (NY) POLICE FORCE) EXPRESS THEIR DIFFERING VIEWS ON HOW THEY WOULD AND DO FEEL AND REACT IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING DOMESTIC QUARRELS CALLS AND VIOLENT NEIGHBORHOOD REACTION TO A RECENT ARREST, PARTICULARLY IN RACIAL (BLACK/WHITE) SITUATIONS. THE INCORRECT AND DANGEROUS THINGS DONE AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SOME POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FILM ARE INTENDED TO STIMULATE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW PEOPLE SOMETIMES BEHAVE WHEN THEY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE GOVERNED ONLY BY THEIR EMOTIONS. THE LANGUAGE IN THIS FILM IS RAW, GOOD POLICE PRACTICE IS NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOWED, AND NO ATTEMPT IS MADE TO HELP THE POLICE IMAGE. THIS FILM IS ONE OF A THREE-PART POLICE EXPERIENCE MODULE WHICH COMES WITH A 'TRAINER'S GUIDE' AND TRAINEE WORKSHEETS FOR EACH FILM MODULE. FOR PARTS TWO AND THREE, 'HUMILIATION AND ANGER' AND 'FEELING GOOD', SEE NCJ-027513 AND NCJ-027514.