Police Training and Tactics Police training and tactics begin early on, as early as the pre-employment phase. Police officers are trained to tell the evaluating psychologist and the Oral Review Board exactly what they want to hear, and not what they would actually say if they were telling the truth. This poses a question as to whether police departments across the country are hiring genuine well-adjusted police officers who are suited for the police profession. With appropriate coaching and training, police candidates are being passed off as “Competent” or fit for duty when these individuals may not be psychologically fit. “In studying domestic violence by police officers it is important to determine whether the increased levels of domestic violence among law enforcement are due to characteristics of the individual officer; such as personality, background; conditions of the job itself or an interaction between the two” (Aamodt, 1998). Alternatively, research suggests that it is both individual personality traits along with police culture and training that constitute the police personality. Common police training tactics used to perpetrate domestic violence by a police officer include utilizing departmental assets to harass, stalk, abuse, coerce or intimidate the victim; such as driving by the victim’s house to let her/him know that they are watching them; utilizing databases to obtain information on the victim and the victim’s friends and family; or putting taps on the phone of the victim; and utilizing other officers to further intimidate the victim and to cover-up misconduct. Other tactics include using physical control maneuvers that will not leave marks on the victim, arresting the victim, and twisting the truth to make the victim look like the problem.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:41:15 +0000
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