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Provide an overview of the recruitment process, requirements, and training of police officers. Recruitment is the process by which law enforcement agencies develop a pool of qualified applicants from which to select new members. The selection process involves a number of steps and each police department has a different
 
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Mr. Johnson is on a task force to help the governor figure out a way to cut corrections costs in the state. One agreed upon goal is that the state begins a process of decarceration where it will reduce its inmate population. Which of the following is NOT a common strategy used to reduce the prison population?
 
  a. decrease the probability that nonviolent offenders will be sentenced to prison
  b. increase the rate of release of nonviolent offenders from prison
  c. increase the rate of release of violent offenders from prison
  d. decrease the rate of imprisonment for probation violators



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o method of choosing candidates. Most agencies require at a minimum that a police officer be a U.S. citizen, not have been convicted of a felony, have or be eligible for a valid driver's license in the state where the police department is located, be at least 21, and meet weight and eyesight requirements.
Extensive background checks are also done, which include drug tests,
o educational and military review, driving record checks, credit checks, and interviews with spouses, friends, and previous employers.
When individuals are first hired they are in a probationary period where they can
o be fired without cause. This probationary period includes when they are going through the police academy and when they are in field training.
In the police academy, recruits are taught about laws, use of weapons,
o interviewing witnesses, self-defense, and other essentials of police work.
Field training is when the recruit is placed under the supervision of a senior
o officer where he or she will be introduced to the informal rules of policing.

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