THE POLICE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICE PROFESSIONALISATION
THE POLICE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICE PROFESSIONALISATION

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyse comparative police education and professional development systems in European countries, bearing in mind that effectively designed police education system is accelerating professionalisation and responsiveness towards increasingly complex forms of criminal activities. In addition to that, police education systems represent one of key functions of human resource management, improving existing and acquiring new competencies in police service. Although, police and security sectors may have an autonomy in establishing police education systems, they are increasingly being adjusted to the standards of leading European countries, particularly in view of the EU accession process, for the adoption and implementation of the EU acquis instruments under Chapter 24 – Justice, Freedom and Security. Methodology of the paper is based on combining comparative, normative and socio-legal method. The concluding part shall provide an overview to main tendencies of development of police education and professional development and recommendations for improvements.

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