POLS 4900 Lecture 16: 16
5 May 2018
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The problems regarding unrealistic views towards the police force can be difficult to prevent, but
it can be counteracted by a larger eligible applicant pool. The larger the pool, the more selective
the police department can be in making important hiring decisions (White & Escobar, 2008,
p.120). Statistically, it is sound logic to select one’s parameters from a bigger pool or population
when selecting the appropriate candidates based on criterias set by lower limit and higher limit
caps. When the batch of potential candidates applying for the police profession is low, but a
quota of some sorts must be reached, some under-qualified applicants may slip through the
cracks of the bureaucratic procedure to obtain a position on the police force. When few
candidates show interest in joining the police force, it becomes highly difficult, perhaps to the
brink of desperation, for the police to enforce highly stringent and competitive standards in
eligibility requirements for joining the police force. This however, does not mean to solely hire
every applicant, but rather, to create an ideal system or procedure to increase the total amount of
applicants in hopes of maintaining a selective procedure to find the candidates that are most
suitable for their desired occupation within the police force (White & Escobar, 2010, p.132). To
improve the overall standing of the recruitment process, and to protect the integrity of the
recruitment system, it is important to attract a bigger pool of potential candidates and applicants
to dish out the cream of the crop into the police force.
Police officers must attract people and sell themselves to high school or college graduates,
women, and minority groups to increase the number of total applicants (White & Escobar, 2008,
p.120). This goes to show the sheer difficulties the police force is experiencing when attempting
to gather new applicants and candidates, year by year. The fact that the police force have to
target minority groups, those not yet of age, and women implies the need and pressure felt by the
police force in its attempt to increase the overall number of the candidate pool. It is important in
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Document Summary
The problems regarding unrealistic views towards the police force can be difficult to prevent, but it can be counteracted by a larger eligible applicant pool. The larger the pool, the more selective the police department can be in making important hiring decisions (white & escobar, 2008, p. 120). Statistically, it is sound logic to select one s parameters from a bigger pool or population when selecting the appropriate candidates based on criterias set by lower limit and higher limit caps. When few candidates show interest in joining the police force, it becomes highly difficult, perhaps to the brink of desperation, for the police to enforce highly stringent and competitive standards in eligibility requirements for joining the police force. Police officers must attract people and sell themselves to high school or college graduates, women, and minority groups to increase the number of total applicants (white & escobar, 2008, p. 120).
