Dynamic Police Training

As police work has become increasingly professionalized, classrooms have become a preferred environment for training. However, the best preparation for police work has traditionally been conducted on the job. Dynamic Police Training partners the experienced law enforcement officers street-smart perspective of what makes training work with a professional educators book-smart approach to writing curriculum to achieve the best results in police training programs.

Preface, Acknowledgments, Author Biography, 1 The Current State of Police Training Programs, 2 Historical Perspectives on Police Training, 3 Four Steps to Initiating Change in Instructional Programs, 4 Addressing Adult Learning Styles, 5 Law Enforcement Curriculum Development Overview, 6 Six Levels of Understanding: Police Cognitive Skills Training, 7 Five Levels of Internal Change: Police Affective Skills Training, 8 Five Levels of Ability: Police Psychomotor Skills Training, 9 Basic Instructional Methodology for Law Enforcement Training, 10 Intermediate Instructional Techniques, 11 Construction of Law Enforcement Lesson Plans: Preliminary Development, 12 Developing Quality Content, 13 Enhancing Instruction: Approaches to Ancillary Development, 14 Current and Future Trends in Police Training, 15 Conclusion, Appendix, Selected Bibliography, Index