NCJ Number
151191
Date Published
1993
Length
23 pages
Annotation
This report of the Montgomery County Police Department's Recruiting and Training Committee (Maryland) recommends ways for the department to revise its recruiting and training program so as to produce sworn and civilian employees who are capable of performing in a community-policing environment.
Abstract
Specifically, the committee's aims are to identify and provide training for all personnel and the community to enable them to understand, implement, and adopt community policing. Another objective is to develop equitable recruiting practices consistent with community characteristics and needs. The committee's work was divided into four major areas: training for all sworn officers, training for all civilian employees, training and educating the communities, and recruiting and hiring. In the area of training for sworn personnel, the committee has implemented or planned to implement problemsolving training, entry-level training, partnership training, foreign language services, and a gang overview. The Training Academy staff developed a list of training topics that directly support community policing and total quality management. The topic areas are listed in this report. Training topic areas for civilian personnel are also outlined. Information on education and training for the community encompasses topic areas, program administration, and educational-program formats. In the area of recruiting and hiring, changes already implemented include the use of a community policing/problemsolving question, revision of job descriptions to include community policing concepts/functions, and a change in the recruiting brochure to reflect the move into community policing. Recommended future changes in recruiting and hiring are also described. Appended police service officer program