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Police recruitment and retention for the new millennium : the state of knowledge / Jeremy M. Wilson ... [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780833050175 (pbk)
  • 0833050176 (pbk)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV8141 P5933 2010
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via Internet.
Contents:
Introduction -- The Dynamic Police Staffing Challenge: The Bucket Metaphor -- Retention: Plugging the Hole in the Bucket -- Recruitment: Filling the Bucket -- The Most-Promising Practices for Maintaining Police Workforce Levels.
Summary: The supply of and demand for qualified police officers are changing in a time of increasing attrition, expanding law-enforcement responsibilities, and decreasing resources. These contribute to the difficulties that many agencies report in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة HV8141 P5933 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000159848
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"RAND Center on Quality Policing."

"A RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment."

"This project was conducted under the auspices of the RAND Center on Quality Policing (CQP), part of the Safety and Justice Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-130).

Introduction -- The Dynamic Police Staffing Challenge: The Bucket Metaphor -- Retention: Plugging the Hole in the Bucket -- Recruitment: Filling the Bucket -- The Most-Promising Practices for Maintaining Police Workforce Levels.

The supply of and demand for qualified police officers are changing in a time of increasing attrition, expanding law-enforcement responsibilities, and decreasing resources. These contribute to the difficulties that many agencies report in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces.

Also available via Internet.

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