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- Title
Interpersonal Communication for Police Officers: Using Needs Assessment to Prepare for Skeptical Trainees.
- Authors
Woods, Marilyn J.
- Abstract
The philosophy of community policing emphasizes interpersonal communication skills for police officers. However, trainee police officers may be wary of training conducted by someone outside of law enforcement. This article lends support for using a needs assessment that helps trainers overcome organizational and personal boundaries in such a training class. In teaching interpersonal communication for groups of 8 to 12 police officers in two-hour training sessions, I learned that strategically using the results of a needs assessment could encourage trainees to have a vested interest in the class and help the trainer feel competent and comfortable.
- Subjects
STUDY &; teaching of interpersonal communication; NEEDS assessment; POLICE training; SKEPTICISM; INTERPERSONAL relations; POLICE; LAW enforcement; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; SOCIAL boundaries; COMMUNICATION &; psychology
- Publication
Business Communication Quarterly, 2000, Vol 63, Issue 4, p40
- ISSN
1080-5699
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/108056990006300404