Stages of Formation of Professional Preparedness of Patrol and Security Police Employees

Abstract

The stages of formation of professional preparedness of patrol and security police department employees are theoretically substantiated in the article. The patrol and security police department employees from Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions (n=92) took part in the investigation. The analysis of scientific literature and statutory documents regulating professional training of the National Police of Ukraine employees was carried out. The content of the "professional preparedness of the police officer" term was clarified. The stages of formation of professional preparedness of police employees, which include the stage of professional self-determination, professional formation and professional growth, were distinguished. Based on the conducted research, the noncompliance of the physical preparedness level of the patrol and security police employees with the crime situation requirements in the country was established.

Physical training as the basis of professional activities of patrol policemen

“…Therefore, the level of policemen's professional training is a determining factor not only in the quality of performing these duties but also in forming the authority of the NPU and increasing public confidence in this law enforcement agency [1,2,7,8]. The processes of forming and improving professional training of patrol policemen take place during the primary professional training course, which allows future policemen to obtain the necessary theoretical knowledge of the legal framework and the basics of professional training, and to develop special motor skills through working out the probable situations of future professional activities [2,7,[9][10][11]. Physical training, as one of the main components, is the basis for effective professional training of future law enforcement officers and their further career [12][13][14][15].…”

“…The characteristics of patrol policemen's professional activities in Ukraine which prove the need to enhance the level of their general physical fitness are the following: unregulated working hours, a need to work at night, a need to wear a bulletproof vest, nervous tension caused by emergencies and conflict situations, stress from constant contact with offenders, chronic fatigue leading to wrong actions, health deterioration and reduction of professional longevity [23][24][25][26][27]. However, the low level of physical fitness in candidates for service in patrol police departments reduces the effectiveness of the primary professional training course [9,10,28,29], which suggests the need to justify the current effective methodology for training patrol policemen during the primary professional training course that would fully meet the requirements of their future professional activities.…”

Principios metodológicos de la formación profesional de futuros especialistas en instituciones de educación superior.

“…The analysis of the works of scientists (Ridei, 2010;Yavorska, 2004;Prontenko, Plisko, Griban, & Bondarenko, 2019) states that practical exercises are decisive for this approach, knowledge plays an auxiliary role and serves as a means of performing these exercises and a learning tool.…”

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“…Analysis of research papers in legal psychology, labor psychology, and social psychology shows that the issues of psychological support of professional activities of the criminal police units have always been of interest of domestic and foreign scholars. Many scientists dealt with the topic under consideration [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22].…”