Relevance of Basic Law Enforcement Training -- Does the Curriculum Prepare Recruits for Police Work: A Survey Study

• NCJ Number: 129818
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Dated: (1991) Pages: 181-193
• Author(s): J J Ness
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The purpose of the study was to investigate the Illinois Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Training Course in order to extend previously developed methodology on how well training and the curriculum prepared police recruits to perform individual police tasks after graduation based on a survey of 210 recruits who had completed the training program.

Abstract

The findings indicated that overall the recruits felt the academy adequately prepared them to perform police tasks. However, training for a majority of the tasks and task training groups were rated less than adequate which indicated a need for a task-analysis study of the police officer's job. The conclusion drawn from these findings is that some of the basic training courses in Illinois do not prepare officers adequately for entry-level police work. 4 tables and 12 references (Author abstract)