Aspects of Police Recruitment, Training, and Socialisation Process

Aspects of Police Recruitment, Training, and Socialisation process
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Aspects of Police Recruitment, Training, and Socialisation process
The most important aspects pertaining recruitment, socialization, and police training are background investigation, psychological text, and character check-ups. The assessors analyze every person who wants to be recruited in the police service through interviews and record each applicant's results alongside his name. The assessors aim at checking whether the candidate can be trusted when working within the society. These aspects are essential in reducing police friction when interacting with members of society (McCarty, 2016). Moreover, these aspects help reduce cases of unjustified use of excessive force by police officers against civilians.
The recruitment, training, and socialization process prepares police officers to have a positive attitude in their career of law enforcement. The police officers are exposed to the challenges and risks they are likely to encounter when executing their duties in patrol sessions. Additionally, they are equipped with adequate knowledge on how to interacts with communities they are serving especially when investigating lawbreakers. In this vein, they conduct their patrol in a credible and respectful manner that reduces conflicts with the civilians in the society. Through training, recru...