POLICE PROMOTIONS - A NATIONAL SURVEY ON PROMOTIONAL METHODS FOR SERGEANTS

• NCJ Number: 11807
• Author(s): R J WALDRON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 181 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIV MAY 1973

Annotation

REPORT OF FACTORS CONSIDERED AND METHODS EMPLOYED BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICIALS IN THE PROMOTION PROCESS.

Abstract

USING A QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTED TO 298 POLICE AGENCIES NATIONWIDE, THE AUTHOR SOLICITED INFORMATION CONCERNING CURRENT PROMOTIONAL METHODS. HE FOUND THAT MOST PROCEDURES WERE ESTABLISHED BY A CIVIL SERVICE AGENCY. HE PRESENTS HIS DATA AND CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING THE RELATION OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS TO PROMOTION - PRIOR SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT, YEARS IN PREVIOUS RANK, EDUCATION, MEDICAL, PHYSICAL, AND MENTAL CONDITIONS, WRITTEN TESTS, PERFORMANCE RATINGS AND INTERVIEWS. THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND RESULTS IN TABULAR FORM ARE INCLUDED.