STRESS AND TENSION - TEAMBUILDING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICER

• NCJ Number: 12015
• Journal: Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (JUNE 1973) Pages: 153-161
• Author(s): E S ESBECK; G HALVERSON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PILOT SEMINAR DESIGNED AS A FIVE-DAY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DEALING WITH CONFRONTATION SITUATIONS BORUGHT ON BY THE CHANGING SOCIAL ROLE OF THE OFFICERS.

Abstract

THE CIVIL DISTURBANCE PLANNING SECTION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, RECOGNIZING THE LACK OF TRAINING PROVIDED IN CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION, DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO PREPARE OFFICERS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THEIR CHANGING SOCIAL ROLE. GRASPING AND INTERPRETING THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND TEAMBUILDING WERE THE TWO AREAS EMPHASIZED. THE TWENTY CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE POLICE OFFICERS WHO PARTICIPATED CONSISTENTLY RATED THE USEFULNESS OF THIS FIRST SEMINAR AS HIGH. THE IMPACT AND TRANSFERABILITY OF THE TRAINING TO OPERATIONAL SITUATIONS WAS EVALUATED FROM TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS NINETY DAYS AFTER THE SEMINAR EXPERIENCE. EXCERPTS FROM THESE INTERVIEWS SHOW THAT PARTICIPANTS RETAINED AND USED WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED IN DAILY WORK AND LIVING SITUATIONS.