NCJ Number
131507
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 60 Issue: 8 Dated: (August 1991) Pages: 1-4
Date Published
1991
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The Operations Resource and Assessment Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia conducted a pilot study to identify the human attributes associated with law enforcement officer survivability, that is, the mental preparation and personal will to survive.
Abstract
A questionnaire based on background research and theoretically linked to survivability was administered and completed by 207 Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers in Virginia, Illinois, and California in late 1989 and early 1990. These law enforcement officers perceived five items to be most critical to officer survival, ranking the first two items in order of importance: self-confidence in performance, training, effectiveness in combat, decisiveness, and perseverance under stress. As these findings are preliminary and inconclusive, the FBI plans further research, in the form of an enhancement/enrichment course for new agents in training in 1991. 11 footnotes and 1 table