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Police in America
Chapter Twelve
Police officers: Entering Police
Work
Recruitment
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Minimum qualifications
• Most 21 years of age
Height and Weight
• Proportional
Education
• Vast majority-high school diploma
• 25% require some college
Criminal record
• No felony
• Misdemeanor?
Residency
• About ¼ of departments require living within the city limits
Choosing law enforcement as a
career
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Motivations
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Help people
Job security
Fight crime
Excitement of the job
Prestige of the job
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Selection
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Personal interview
Criminal record check
Background investigation
Driving record check
Medical exam
Psychological screen
Drug Test
Written aptitude test
Physical agility test
Polygraph exam
Voice stress analyzer
Equal opportunity
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Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act
• Race, color, religion, sex,
or national origin
• Protected class
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Job related
qualifications
• B.F.O.Q.
– Drive
– A.D.A.
Equal opportunity
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Employment of Racial
and Ethnic Minorities
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• More seriously
underrepresented than
racial or ethnic minorities
• Concentrated in lower
ranks
• Reflect the composition
of the community it
serves
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Hispanic and Latino
officers
• Fastest growing
population
• Spanish speaking
officers recruited
Women
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Gay and Lesbian
officers
• Increasingly open over
the last 20 years
Equal opportunity
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Affirmative action
• Conduct a census of current employees
• Identify underutilization or concentration of
minorities and women
• Develop a recruiting plan to correct any
underutilization
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Opponents of affirmative action
• Reverse discrimination
Training
Average number of hours
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Police Academy
• Big departments
have own academy
• Small departments
use state run
academies
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Field training
• FTO program
• 2/3 of departments
use this process
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Training
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State training and certification
• Certify and decertify
• State-required content of training
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Probationary period
• 6 months to 2 years
• 7% resign or quit during this time