Assessment of police officer recruiting and testing instruments

Article Abstract:

Issues regarding police officer selection as being primarily testing-oriented are discussed. Police candidates who fail to obtain a satisfactory score on any of the psychometric or behavioral tests used in recruitment are less likely to be selected. Sociodemographic factors such as race seem to have no effect on recruitment.

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Law enforcement hiring practices and narrowing the applicant pool: a case study

Article Abstract:

A comparison of various sociodemographic factors and military experience in a police recruit class and the total applicant pool reflects few differences, while there are differences in the frequencies of age, education, and number of white and of black females in the populations of the two groups.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Policewomen, Women police officers, African American police

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Linking training and promotion in a police agency

Article Abstract:

Issues regarding a training-based promotional program in a police department are discussed. A theoretical base for such a system, a discussion of the results of task analysis and the construction of training courses is given.

Analysis, Police administration, Police departments

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