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<br />Survey on Police Education �' �
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<br />The Police Exccutive Research �-�orum (PERF} recently conducted a sun ev on �' ,. `�
<br />education levels for new recruits. Of the ?! 5 aQencies respandin�, 94.g percent F �
<br />indicated their agencies have an educational requirement for ne�v recniits. Of those ��`���
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<br />with such requirements, more than �0 percertt require high school degrees, 27 percent �` "°�
<br />mandate 2-year associace de�rees, nearly 5 percent require 4-..ear college de�rees, ""';'"'"'"°
<br />and fewer than l percent plan to phase in 4-year coElege de�rees over time. � ' .
<br />Some other key findinQs inciude the follo�ving: r_, n
<br />• Farty-two percent of respondents support al[ po[ice agencies going to a policy '
<br />of a 4-year accredited �olle�e de�ree for ne�v recruits.
<br />• Nearly 80 percent of respondents a;ree that a 4-year dearee would increase
<br />professionalism.
<br />• Fihv-two percent of respondents believe that a-�-ycar colle«e de�ree rcquiremcnt
<br />would ne�atively impact di�-ersity amon� recniits_
<br />For further information on this survcy, contained in ne�vslctter l(184-7316_
<br />conlact the PC:RF at 1 120 C'onnecticut
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<br />Statistics on Fallen Law
<br />Enforcement Officers Released
<br />The FBI's re�ently released Lativ Enforc°eme�rt
<br />Of�icers Killed and flssaulted reported a 20-vear
<br />low in the number of federal, state, and local
<br />officers kilied in the line of duty durin� 1996.
<br />The Lniform Crime Keporting Program, which
<br />compiles the s�tistics, reported that 5> iaw
<br />enforcement officers wcre slain in 1996, includin�
<br />3 fedcral a�ents: t each from the FI3[, U.S. Border
<br />Patrol. and the Navajo Department of Law
<br />Enforcerr►ent. The complete report is available on
<br />the FBC's Internet site at http://www.tbi.gov.
<br />- venuc, NW, Suitc 9�0. Washington. DC
<br />20036 or visit their �.Veh site at
<br />1� ttp: i/www. po I ice-forum. orU_
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<br />Bulletin Reports. a collection of criminal
<br />justice studies, reparts, and project findings,
<br />is compiled by Glen Bartolomei. Send your
<br />material for consideration to: F$I Law
<br />Enforcement 8ulletin, Room 209. Madison
<br />Building, FBk Academy, �uantico. VA
<br />22135_ (EV07E: The material in this secfion
<br />is intended to be strictly an information
<br />source and should not be consicfered an
<br />endorsement by the F81 for any product
<br />or service.)
<br />January 1999125 j
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