Policing: The Essentials
First Edition
Learning Objectives
- Describe recruiting strategies used by some American police agencies.
- Identify the common requirements for hiring police officers.
- Discuss general steps that police agencies use during the selection process when hiring police officers.
- Review the three phases of training.
- Identify some of the factors that influence officers to seek promotion.
- Discuss the opportunities that are available for police officers seeking to transition into specialty roles through lateral movement within police organizations.
- Review some of the factors that influence police officers’ decision to remain or leave their current organization (retention).