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Learning Objectives

4-1:  Explain the important of recruiting and selecting officers in a dynamic cultural context

4-2:  Discuss some of the laws and regulations that affect the recruitment and hiring processes of police organizations

4-3:  Evaluate strategies police organizations use to recruit qualified and diverse entry-level applicants

4-4:  Describe the five areas police organizations test to screen applicants

4-5:  Summarize the processes police organizations use to fill supervisory positions

4-6:  Identify the skills and requirements for police chiefs

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Officers wanted: Police departments struggle with recruiting
This video discusses current obstacles police departments face with recruiting police personnel.

1. What are current obstacles police departments face in recruiting officers?
2. How are agencies trying to overcome these obstacles?

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Why it's so difficult to retain a diverse police force

This PBS video discusses racial imbalances between police officers and communities they police, including in Ferguson, Missouri.

1. What are the racial imbalances between officers and residents in Ferguson?
2. How do such imbalances impact police-community relations?
3. How can agencies address such imbalances?

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Investigating police psychological exams as 30 cadets graduate from the academy
This local news report reviews psychological tests used to evaluate police recruits.

1. How are psychological tests used in evaluating police recruits?
    

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Have American Police Become More Cautious?
The NPR podcast explores how recent protests against police brutality may deter police from interacting with community members, and instead rely upon technology.

1. Why may police be withdrawing from community interactions?
2. What are likely impacts of reduced police-community interactions?