| dc.description.abstract | The police as a social institution and the use of police force are often on the
agenda of public debate. Thus, police training is regularly in the media
spotlight, too. This report presents both past and fresh research on what
police practitioners think about the Norwegian police university college as a
basis for police practice. The police university college is, in accordance with
guidelines from NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in
Education), required to ensure the quality of its education. By two tests, the
police university college has obtained knowledge about how graduated
police officers and their superiors consider police training. These surveys are
conducted by using questionnaires (questback) in the internal police net.
This study presents qualitative data on police officers’ views on police
training that will enable them to perform operational policing. The police
leaders who emphasize general knowledge and skills for police work, give
both education and the graduates good references. When it comes to specific
skills for using force in time-critical situations, the graduates are placed in a
critical light. | nb_NO |
