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Personnel Systems. Recruitment, Selection, Training, Development, & Retention. General Considerations. Organizations must identify and employ those who are best capable of performing the job Assumes: Clearly articulated organizational goals Understanding of employee roles
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Personnel Systems Recruitment, Selection, Training, Development, & Retention
General Considerations • Organizations must identify and employ those who are best capable of performing the job • Assumes: • Clearly articulated organizational goals • Understanding of employee roles • Understanding the tasks officers will be expected to perform
Consequences of Hiring Decisions • Long lasting • High level of investment • Quality of activity and output • Removal is a difficult process
Constrains • OEO Laws • 1964 • 1992 • Court Decisions • Disparate treatment – based on a person falling into a certain class • Disparate impact – against a class or group of people that fall under the protection of the act
Law Constraints • OEO laws Affirmative Action - Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act fail/refuse to hire or compensate, conditions or privileges or deprive employment opportunities
Court Constraints • Griggs Criteria – method for establishing discrimination • Restricted Policy – adopts policy that excludes category • Disparate Rejection – 4/5ths rule • Population comparison - % of minority in organization with % of minority in population • McDonnell-Douglas Test – qualified minority applies – is rejected but position stays open
Supreme Court • Lessening of Title VII Requirements • Reverse discrimination (Baake v California) and Wards Cove Packing Co. v Ationio • Employment Lists – not rank ordered but “banding” lists will be provided • Equal Employment Act of 1992 • Prohibited use of statistical data for adjustments for minorities • Re-introduced disparate impact
Why Eliminate Discrimination? • Diversity makes Departments more sensitive and effective in interacting with minorities • Diversity tends to reflect a more positive image in many quarters of the community • Integration results in more minority input in police policy formulation which results in better police service to the community
Gender Difference • Men – morality of justice • Women – morality of care
Recruitment Development of a pool of sufficiently qualified applicants from which to select Barriers Institutional – forms, application process, etc. Personal – personal preferences, prejudices
Process Alternatives • Screening Out • Screening IN
Processes Alternatives (cont) • Screening out • Selects applicants from a pool of minimally qualified • Attempts to identify those who are unqualified and remove them from consideration • Employees are selected from those that remain
Processes Alternatives (cont) • Screening In • Selects applicants from a pool of highly qualified applicants • Organizational goals, values, and tasks are clearly articulated • Procedures are used that identify the “best qualified” applicants • Selections are made form this more limited pool
Residency requirements Vision requirements Education Standards Physical strength & agility Age standards Background & work history Medical standards Psychological screening Selection – Minimum Standards
Selection Process • Written test • Simulated work situation • Oral Interview • Screening • Final Selection • Assessment Center
Training • Basic training • FTO • In-Service
Basic Training • Criminal Justice System • Law • Human Behavior • Patrol and Investigation • Skills • Department Administration & Operations
FTO Training • Continued Instruction • Standardization • Testing • Probationary Period • 3 months • 6 month • 12 months
In-Service Training • Requirements (Minnesota POST) • Monitoring Reports • Management Training • Skill/Knowledge • Personal Health/Welfare
Career Development - Retention • Lateral Expansion • Investigation • Traffic • Etc. • Vertical Expansion • Corporal • Sergeant • Lieutenant • Captain • Etc • Horizontal/Vertical Migration