The assessment focused on the appropriateness of the current organization for training, training program goals, whether the subject matter is relevant to participants' needs, the level of participants' motivation, what teaching methods are used, and the evaluation strategy. Nine training programs were selected for evaluation: traffic officers, police mentors, performance of police powers, criminal detectives, mobile detective groups, criminal information technology, registrars, and modern secretaries and public relations. Written documents about programs were assessed, and interviews were conducted with instructors. Questionnaires were administered to curriculum planners, organizers, and teachers. Based on the evaluation findings, recommendations are offered for planners, organizers, and teachers. The report advises that in modernizing the training system, it is most important to define the appropriate objectives for training in general and for individual programs prepared by various departments.
How to Modernize Police Training in Slovenia: Results of Research (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Firsthand Knowledge With Experience From the West, P 605-614, 1996, Milan Pagon, ed. -- See NCJ-170291)
NCJ Number
170343
Date Published
1996
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This paper presents the findings of a study conducted in 1994 and 1995 to assess Slovenia's police training and identify elements that can improve the organization and efficiency of the training system.
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