Leadership Personnel Issues and the Rules of Law

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Absorbing the Best Police Officers in U.S.’s Law Enforcement Entities
Best Practices by Law Enforcement Agencies to Obtain Competent Police Officers
Human resource is a very crucial part of any organization or any system. The essence is to come up with only the best candidates to fill the specific positions. The recruitment process always identifies the desired qualities or characteristics in the people who have applied, then come up with a shortlist from the larger pool. The law enforcement field is one that takes the recruitment process quite seriously, with the delicate nature of the job.
Law enforcement agencies always aim at identifying and hiring the best officers in the police force at a minimum cost. To ensure that only the best candidates for the jobs are attracted to the recruitment, there are several measures that the agency put in place, especially when advertising the recruitment. To avoid receiving requests from ineligible candidates, the adverts are usually designed in a manner that they communicate the eligibility requirements for the posts, and they are usually disseminated in wider networks to ensure that no potential recruit is denied a chance (Fitch, p.67).
Besides just eliminating ineligible candidates through advertisements, a multiple-hurdle procedure is normally employed to ensure that the final lot that is hired is strong and prepared both mentally and physically to encounter what awaits them in their careers as police officers. Multiple-Hurdle Procedure focuses on assessing the potential recruits' status, their physical and mental preparedness, their morality, and communication ability. The procedure is significant in the recruitment process as it reveals the candidates' true color, hence aiding the agencies to identify the best of the best. In some cases, a nominal fee is normally included as part of the requirement. Its main purpose is to prevent ineligible candidates from applying and ensuring that only passionate individuals apply for the advertised posts (Fitch, p.70).
Skills that need to be imparted on police recruits
It is no doubt that an officer's job, just like various careers in criminal justice, entails interactions with different people in different circumstances. The officers in these careers are therefore required to interact appropriately to be successful in their service delivery. In most cases, police officers are not likable to the public. So the best way for an officer to win public trust is to employ both cognitive and emotional intelligence. To achieve this, soft skills such as empathy, compassion, adaptability, observation and critical thinking, conflict resolution, and building trust should be imparted to the recruits during training. Equipped with soft skills, the police officers are most likely to hand complex situations appropriately and, in return, become successful in delivering law enforcement services to the public (Blumberg et al., p. 1).
Due to the technological advancements that have taken the world by storm, it is equally important to equip the recruits with computer application skills to maneuver the digital tools and equipment with ease. Above all, the officers also need to be imparted with basic knowledge a...