CRM 2305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hypervigilance, Shift Work

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2305
• Professor: Jeffrey Monaghan

Document Summary

Basic qualiicaions: the minimum requirements for candidates applying for employment in policing. Preferred qualiicaions: requirements that increase the competitiveness of applicants seeking employment in policing. Essenial competencies: those that a recruit must possess before becoming a police officer. They include: self-confidence, communication skills, adaptability and flexibility, the ability to think analytically and the ability to exercise self control. Developmental competencies: those that can be acquired through training; assertiveness, a community orientation, the ability to network and collaborate in gathering information and solving problems. Recruiing programs to increase diversity: peace (police ethnic and cultural. Exchange): encourages students from visible and cultural minorities to participate in a police-sponsored summer employment program. Competency-based training: recruit training that focuses on the acquisition of specific skills and knowledge. Previously experiences oicers (peos): in-service police officers who are interested in leaving their current police service. In-service training: training courses for serving police officers.