Practical aspects of formation of professional competence of patrol police officers

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the scientific literature, the peculiarities of the formation of professional competence of future employees of the National Police of Ukraine and its components are determined. The specifics of service activity of patrol policemen are considered. It is stated that the level of professional competence of police officers is low, and sometimes insufficient. A set of requirements for the professional competence and professionalism of law enforcement officers has been formulated. Areas of professional training that need improvement are outlined. The practical aspects of formation of professional competence of patrol police officers are covered. Practical tools aimed at improving the efficiency of the patrol training process as a professional have been developed.
 The author's method of forming professionally competent patrol police officers is substantiated, its efficiency is tested. The essence of this technique is to introduce into the educational process of simulated situational tasks, which aim to form professional skills and abilities.
 The pedagogical experiment involved students of the course of primary professional training of police recruits in 2019 (n = 61), who studied at the center of primary professional training «Police Academy» of the National Academy of Internal Affairs (Kyiv). An experimental (n = 31) and control (n = 30) groups were formed. The experimental group included students who studied the author's method, the control group - students who studied the traditional method of teaching. The effectiveness of the author's methodology was evaluated by cognitive and operational criteria. Cognitive criterion was determined by indicators: 1) knowledge of the legislative unit; 2) knowledge of professional and practical direction. The operational criterion was characterized by the following indicators: 1) the formation of professional and practical skills; 2) the effectiveness of scripting.
 The results of the pedagogical experiment testified to the effectiveness of the author's method in comparison with the traditional one. The use of the proposed innovations contributed to a significant improvement of the cognitive criterion «Knowledge of professional and practical direction» (p <0.05) and indicators of the operational criterion «Formation of professional and practical skills» (p <0.05) and «Effectiveness of scenarios» ( p <0.001). It was stated that the experimental group had a larger number of people with a high and sufficient level of professional competence in the selected indicators. Prospects for further research are to substantiate the means and methods of forming the professional competence of police officers during training in the training system.

Complex Practical Exercises as an Innovative Form of Teaching Military-Special Disciplines forFuture Bachelors of the State Border Security: Interdisciplinary Link

“…The method of practicing teachers (Bondarenko et al, 2020) was used in order to solve the third task and determine the professional competencies formedness; it involved assessing the professional competence of law enforcement officers according to cognitive and operational criteria. The cognitive criterion of cadet's professional competence reflects the level of knowledge acquisition in specific subjects of military-special disciplines; the ability to cognitive activities; the ability to find and analyse the necessary information.…”

“…In terms of practical skills and abilities, the experimental program provided for the consistent implementation of typical tasks of operational and service activities, close to real conditions, practice to perfection of different employment options, solving introductory situations, i. e. roleplaying (Bondarenko et al, 2020;Mashtaler et al, 2020), which trainees will have to perform in the process of their future professional activities and the acquisition of professionalism. The atmosphere of the training classes encouraged the cadets to show and develop operational thinking in nonstandard situations, which is the main principle of the process of forming professional competencies.…”

Tactical training of law enforcement officers in the context of a new concept of the National Police of Ukraine

“…Аналіз останніх досліджень і публікацій свідчить, що удосконаленню системи професійного навчання працівників правоохоронних органів присвячено праці багатьох науковців, серед яких: М. І. Ануфрієв, В. М. Бабенко, В. І. Пліско, В. В. Сокуренко, В. В. Чернєй, Д. В. Швець, Г. Х. Яворська та інші [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Ученими апробовано різноманітні методики розвитку фізичних якостей, професійно важливих рис працівників, формування загальнопрофесійних, професійних і ключових компетентностей тощо [19][20][21].…”