ABSTRACT
Introduction: Collaborative Policing ................................................................... 6 Sources of Knowledge ............................................................................................ 6 The Development of Police-Academic Collaboration in Education, Training, and Research in the United States ....................................................... 6 Higher Education and Police Work ..................................................................... 8 The Evolution of Police-Academic Cooperation in Police Education and Training ............................................................................................................ 9 Collaboration in Police Education and Training in Other Countries ........... 12 Types of Education and Training ....................................................................... 12 Administration of Police Training ..................................................................... 13 Police Training for a Global Society ....................................................................14 The Impact of Higher Education on Police Work ............................................ 15 Importance of Higher Education for Police in Europe and Other Continents .......................................................................................... 15 Summary of Police Education and Training ......................................................16 Academics and Police Collaborating in Research and Program Development ..................................................................................17 Academic-Police Collaboration in Research.................................................... 19 Types of Research and Validity ........................................................................... 21 Police-Professional Collaboration ..................................................................... 22 Police-Community Collaboration ..................................................................... 22 Concluding Remarks ........................................................................................... 23 References .............................................................................................................. 24
Before gaining employment in any occupation, it is essential to first obtain the knowledge needed to perform the tasks that are to be completed by those employed. The more basic the job, the less knowledge needed for the person who is employed in that position. For example, we tend to categorize work into unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, technical, and professional, with the amount of knowledge required increasing as one moves from the unskilled to the professional category. For some jobs, such as a spot on an assembly line, a few hours of instruction is all that is needed to become skillful at a job where the operations are repetitive. However, skilled work involving the use of highly technical instruments may take years of education and training before the person becomes competent. The same is true for the professional occupations.
