|
|
|
| NEWS > 22 March 2007 |
Other related articles:
Nigeria: British Aid Now, Stat
I want to dive headlong into this state police debate today by telling a story. Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola, former Lagos Commissioner for Works who ran for governorship in Osun State this year, paid us a visit at THISDAY shortly after the polls. Aregbesola, who ran on the ticket of Action Congress (AC), was very bitter. From the beginning to the end of the two-hour monologue, he complained bitterly about how the incumbent governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, used the police to harass, intimidate, torture, maim and kill his supporters before and after the elections. He outlined all the evils that were al... Read more
|
 Article sourced from
|
|
NEWS.com.au - Australia
22 March 2007
This article appeared in the above title/site.
To view it in its entirity click this link.
|
One in four police recruits ha
|
Police recruits failing grade
ONE in four police recruits hired to fill a government election quota have quit or failed to graduate.
The exodus should come as no suprise to police chiefs – senior officers warned in a confidential risk assessment that such a mass recruitment could attract less committed applicants.
Police revealed yesterday that, of 1079 recruits who signed up recently for the largest police class ever, 278 have failed to make it to graduation or have quit.
The internal police report – written by Chief Superintendent Greg Moore after the State Government said they wanted 700 recruits trained – is the first acknowledgement by police that mass recruitment jeopardises standards.
It said mass recruitment over a short period had the potential to "decrease the quality of the candidates, attract less committed applicants, decrease teaching and accommodation standards."
The senior officer wrote that a combination of those factors could "increase student attrition".
A second report sounded a warning that the Police Minister's approval of a large class would "significantly impact on the ability for Education Services to meet teaching requirements."
The reports listed a range of measures and funding needed to ensure the recruits were adequately trained.
Police Commissioner Ken Moroney defended the college and the recruits, saying they had passed rigorous exams and met the standard of previous classes. He launched the defence on the day 799 recruits graduated.
It had earlier been revealed that, despite almost three quarters of recruits in the latest jumbo-sized class failing an ethics test, they were later allowed to pass.
Mr Moore's report was obtained under freedom of information and has been made public as the Goulburn training college braces for another 700 recruits promised by Premier Morris Iemma over the next four years.
It is the next phase in the Government's election promise to boost the force by 1500 officers.
A police spokesman insisted yesterday the report, written last year, was standard practice and completed in preparation for the biggest class to ever go through the college.
He said it was designed to identify issues and additional resources were then called in to ensure teaching standards were as high as other classes.
The attrition rate of 25.7 per cent was similar to the average, he said.
"Having identified a range of issues, the appropriate planning and resources were put into place to ensure the new recruits received training of a standard equal to previous smaller graduating classes," he said.
After the last mass recruitment drive before the 2003 state election, almost 30 per cent of the class dropped out or failed to finish.
|
| |
 EiP Comments:
|
|---|
|
| |
* We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper or periodical. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and we will remove the article. The articles republished on this site are provided for the purposes of research , private study, criticism , review, and the reporting of current events' We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper , periodical or other works. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and where necessary we will remove the work concerned.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
 |
Ethics in Policing, based in the UK, provide information and advice about the following:
Policing Research | Police News articles | Police Corruption | International Policing | Police Web Sites | Police Forum | Policing Ethics | Police Journals | Police Publications |
|
| |
|
