Professional Police Management: Should Higher Education be a Required Minimum Qualification for Police Managers and Administrators
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Date
2000
Authors
Velarde, Alfonso
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Publisher
Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT)
Abstract
Description
Discusses the fact that line officers are often better educated than the supervisors. Suggests that police supervisors and administrators should have higher levels of college education than line officers.
Keywords
Higher education, police professionalization police selection and appointment, police supervision