Document Information
Training the 21st Century Police Officer
Redefining Police Professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department
On June 15, 2001, the City of Los Angeles signed a consent decree with the United States Department of Justice. The consent decree is essentially a settlement agreement that aims to promote police integrity and prevent conduct that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. This study is the result of the mandate of one paragraph that requires an independent examination of police training in the areas of use of force, search and seizure, arrest procedures, community policing, and diversity awareness. The authors suggest that the first essential step to improving police training is to establish and communicate a common foundation for police performance — a redefined professionalism. The overarching recommendation is that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) adopt a concept of police professionalism that incorporates the tenets of corporateness, responsibility, and expertise as the mechanism for guiding the development and execution of its training, to include training in the areas of use of force, search and seizure, arrest procedures, community policing, and diversity awareness. The five primary recommendations are
- Establish an LAPD lessons-learned program.
- Introduce and maintain consistently high quality throughout every aspect of LAPD training.
- Restructure the LAPD Training Group to allow the centralization of planning; instructor qualification, evaluation, and retention; and more efficient use of resources.
- Integrate elements of community-based policing and diversity awareness training models throughout LAPD training.
- Develop training on use of force, search and seizure, and arrest procedures that meets current standards of excellence.
See Also:
Support RAND Research — Buy This Product!
Paperback Cover Price: $30.00
Discounted Web Price: $27.00
Pages: 278
ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-3468-5
Contents
Summary PDF
All Prefatory Materials PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction: Background and Methodology PDF
Chapter Two:
The Luster in the Badge: Law Enforcement Professionalism and the LAPD PDF
Chapter Three:
Corporateness PDF
Chapter Four:
The Police Responsibility to Community-Oriented Policing in A Diverse Society PDF
Chapter Five:
Developing Police Expertise PDF
Chapter Six:
Conclusion PDF
Appendix:
Appendices A-M PDF
Supplementary Material PDF
This report was prepared for the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department by RAND Public Safety and Justice.
The monograph/report was a product of the RAND Corporation from 1993 to 2003. RAND monograph/reports presented major research findings that addressed the challenges facing the public and private sectors. They included executive summaries, technical documentation, and synthesis pieces.
All rights reserved under U.S. copyright and nternational laws. This is a public document pursuant to the California Public Records Act, and is available via the Internet at www.lapdonline.org. This document may be reproduced solely for personal, non-commercial and not-for-profit uses, but may not otherwise be copied, reproduced, modified, altered, distributed, displayed, or used by anyone without prior written consent from the City of Los Angeles (via the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office-Intellectual Property Counsel).
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.
* RAND research is conducted across divisions, centers, and projects; these organizational components are represented in the "Related RAND Divisions" section above.
Top
RAND® is a registered trademark. Copyright © 1994-2008 RAND Corporation. 