CJ 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ageism, Dallas Police Department, Disparate Impact
26 Feb 2018
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Chapter 5: police officers i: entering police work. The police tapes, produced in the mid-1970s. Documentary of nyc police officers engaged in routine police work. Examines policing in terms of the kinds of people who are recruited into police work, the process, influence, what happen afterwards. Begins with recruitment and continues through to retirement. Career perspective: helps to understand how police officers interact with law enforcement organizations. Personnel problems: train their officers well, but do not supervise them adequately. Hire good recruits, but do not train them properly. Do not have good personnel evaluation systems that recognize good performance fail to discipline officers whose performance is unprofessional fail to provide career opportunities that promote good morale and help retain good officers. Stereotypes about cops: heavily influence the public image of who police are, what they believe, and how they act. Bayley and mendelsohn conclude in their study of police-community relations in denver the average police officer is rather average.
