Police academies dedicate 3.21% of training hours to ethics and other public service topics – new research
- Written by Galia Cohen, Assistant Professor, Director of the Division of Public Administration, Tarleton State University
A Los Angeles County police graduation ceremony, Aug. 21, 2020 in Monterey Park, Calif.
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesPolice academies provide little training in the kinds of skills necessary to meet officers’ growing public service role, according to my research.
Highly publicized cases of police violence – such as the 2020 murder of George...