POLICE PROFESSIONALISM - AN ATTITUDINAL APPROACH

• NCJ Number: 34211
• Journal: Law and Order Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Dated: (APRIL 1976) Pages: 20,21 AND 24
• Author(s): J H Grossman; W R Kohnke
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Copp Organization, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF POLICE PROFESSIONALISM AS AN ATTAINABLE GOAL THROUGH A CHANGE IN POLICE ATTITUDES RATHER THAN THE ACQUISITION OF MORE SOPHISTICATED TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT.

Abstract

ATTRIBUTES OF A POLICEMAN WITH A PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE ARE LISTED AS BEING PROBLEM RATHER THAN TASK ORIENTED, CONCERN FOR PEOPLE, UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE HIS STANDARDS, ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HIS LIMITATIONS, SENSITIVE TO OTHERS' EMOTIONAL NEEDS, AND PROUD OF HIS WORK AND HIMSELF.