COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY - REVIEW OF REVISED MANDATORY BASIC TRAINING CURRICULUM - POLICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT

• NCJ Number: 36432
• Author(s): L T HOOVER
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 30 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-002-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Public Admin Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STUDY OF COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY'S (CLETA) EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE STATE'S BASIC 200-HOUR POLICE TRAINING CURRICULUM TO THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED 400-HOUR MINIMUM BY 1977.

Abstract

ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED TO REVIEW THE 240-HOUR BASIC TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR GENERAL CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO DEVELOP SUGGESTIONS RELEVANT TO MODULARIZATION OF THE CURRICULUM. THE CONSULTANT MET PROFESSIONALLY WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF CLETA AND THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CLETA TO DISCUSS CURRICULAR AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATIVE TO CLETA PROGRAMMING. THE CONSULTANT FOUND THAT THE REVISED 240-HOUR PROGRAM REFLECTS CONSIDERABLY MORE ATTENTION TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES CONFRONTING LAW ENFORCEMENT THAN DID THE PREVIOUS 200-HOUR CURRICULUM AND ENCOURAGES THIS DEVELOPMENT BY SUGGESTING SPECIFIC CONTENT MODIFICATIONS. HE FURTHER FOUND THAT MODULARIZATION OF COURSE CONTENT IS NOT FEASIBLE AT THE PRESENT TIME AND DEVELOPED AN IDEAL SCHEDULE FOR SPECIFYING COURSE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT AS A PREREQUISITE TO MODULARIZATION.