Exam 5: Police Recruitment, Selection, and Training

Police departments must balance job requirements and selection standards with recruitment realities.

What are the two objectives of affirmative action policies?

What is the main reason for women being underrepresented in police work?

Explain the significance of the Equal Opportunity Act of 1972 and the role it played in diversifying police departments.

Motivations for being a police officer vary drastically between candidates of different races or genders.

The Department of Justice mandates that all law enforcement agencies utilize the same selection process.

While there is generally some variation in hiring requirements across departments, list the five common minimum qualifications for police employment.

The three most commonly used recruitment methods utilized by police departments are newspaper advertisements, internet advertisements, and ______.

Departments serving larger jurisdictions ______.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it unlawful to discriminate against an individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Despite recruitment efforts, the percentage of minority police officers has remained consistent from 1960s to the present.

Please identify and discuss the three primary reasons why police officers tend to spend their entire careers in a single police department.

______ is the process of creating a pool of qualified candidates from which to hire police officers.

An important goal of the police recruitment process is to maximize diversity among officers.

What are bona fide occupational qualifications and what role do they play in the selection process?

The goal of recruitment is to create a pool of applicants that includes the best and most diverse individuals that would be well suited for a career in law enforcement and ______.

In 2017, the national average salary for police and sheriff's patrol officer was ______.

The minimum educational requirement to be hired as a police officer in most departments is a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Voluntary turnover among police officers is low in most departments.

Assessment centers are more often used for promotion of police officers than for selection.