PSY 300 Chapter 2: Police Selection, Police Psychology
11 Apr 2020
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Policing requires intelligent, creative, patient, ethical, caring, and hard-working individuals. Questionnaire, which measures conscientiousness: while some police agencies (e. g. , edmonton police service) use polygraph tests for selection purposes, other police forces (e. g. , hamilton police. Regina: this is a 24-week program that trains cadets to become police officers with the rcmp. Police discretion: the freedom that a police force officer often has for deciding what should be done in any given situation. Good judgment must, therefore, be used in establishing enforcement priorities. The most commonly cited example of the inappropriate use of police discretion in. Canada relates to racial profiling, or the initiation of police actions (e. g. , traffic pullovers) based on the race of an individual rather than any evidence of wrongdoing. Areas where pd is used: pwmi and use-of-force situations: pwmi, formal policies are often put in place specifying how police officers should deal with individuals who have a mental illness.
