Authors :
Dr. John Motsamai Modise
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10060230
Abstract :
This article seeks to determine whether police
officers believe higher education is crucial to enhancing
their professional development and chances for
advancement. The dependent variable is the perceived
level of higher education, which is assessed in three
ways: the perceived value of a college degree, the
perceived value of a criminal justice or criminology
degree, and the perceived significance of particular
career-related skills. Today, it is more typical for officers
to hold official university degrees in an effort to
modernize police organizations and professionalize
policing. The professionalization of police forces in the
United Kingdom has recently come under scrutiny
(Tong, Hallenberg, and Simmill-Binning, Towers, 2017).
The transition from conventional training programs to
more formal higher education programs has therefore
been recognized as a step forward in the development of
professionalism within the police force (Paterson, 2011).
Given recent advancements in the policing sector,
modernization has taken center stage in efforts to
prepare the workforce for the needs of the twenty-first
century. Police studies discourse now includes discussion
of the evolving the complexity of police operations and
the essence of policing (Ramshaw, Soppitt 2018).
Training and education of police officers is a crucial
subject for police forces all over the world. The
professionalization of policing has frequently been
related to both education and training. Conflict
resolution, leadership, and management abilities, as well
as awareness of and regard for cultural diversity and
human rights. These qualities should define a Serbian
police officer in the twenty-first century. The list of these
qualities is the result of a functional examination of the
jobs that the future police are expected to perform.
Given recent advancements in the policing sector,
modernization has taken center stage in efforts to
prepare the workforce for the needs of the twenty-first
century. Police studies discourse has increasingly
incorporated the evolving the complexity of police work
and the way it is done (Cordner, Shain, 2011).
Keywords :
Police Education, Professionalization and Professional Development. Policing Education Qualification Framework (PEQF),
This article seeks to determine whether police
officers believe higher education is crucial to enhancing
their professional development and chances for
advancement. The dependent variable is the perceived
level of higher education, which is assessed in three
ways: the perceived value of a college degree, the
perceived value of a criminal justice or criminology
degree, and the perceived significance of particular
career-related skills. Today, it is more typical for officers
to hold official university degrees in an effort to
modernize police organizations and professionalize
policing. The professionalization of police forces in the
United Kingdom has recently come under scrutiny
(Tong, Hallenberg, and Simmill-Binning, Towers, 2017).
The transition from conventional training programs to
more formal higher education programs has therefore
been recognized as a step forward in the development of
professionalism within the police force (Paterson, 2011).
Given recent advancements in the policing sector,
modernization has taken center stage in efforts to
prepare the workforce for the needs of the twenty-first
century. Police studies discourse now includes discussion
of the evolving the complexity of police operations and
the essence of policing (Ramshaw, Soppitt 2018).
Training and education of police officers is a crucial
subject for police forces all over the world. The
professionalization of policing has frequently been
related to both education and training. Conflict
resolution, leadership, and management abilities, as well
as awareness of and regard for cultural diversity and
human rights. These qualities should define a Serbian
police officer in the twenty-first century. The list of these
qualities is the result of a functional examination of the
jobs that the future police are expected to perform.
Given recent advancements in the policing sector,
modernization has taken center stage in efforts to
prepare the workforce for the needs of the twenty-first
century. Police studies discourse has increasingly
incorporated the evolving the complexity of police work
and the way it is done (Cordner, Shain, 2011).
Keywords :
Police Education, Professionalization and Professional Development. Policing Education Qualification Framework (PEQF),
