NCJ Number
26804
Date Published
1974
Length
90 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE PROBLEMS, PHILOSOPHIES, AND PRACTICES IN POLICE RECRUITING, SELECTION, TRAINING, AND MANPOWER WASTAGE (RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENT) IN SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND COMPARES THEM WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Abstract
THE COUNTRIES STUDIED WERE BELGIUM, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, AND ITALY. SPECIFIC TOPICS OF COMPARISON INCLUDED RECRUITMENT, SELECTION PROCEDURES, DIRECT ENTRY INTO OFFICER RANKS, GENERAL FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT, INITIAL TRAINING, HIGHER TRAINING, AND MANPOWER WASTAGE. MATERIALS WERE GATHERED FOR THIS STUDY THROUGH VISITS MADE TO THE COUNTRIES BY MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR COMMAND COURSE GIVEN AT THE POLICE COLLEGE AT BRAMSHILL (ENGLAND).