Formation of the Professionally Significant Skills and Competencies of Future Police Officers during Studying at Higher Educational Institutions

Abstract

The regulatory documents and scientific literature, which highlights the specifics of the study of the future officers of the Ukrainian National Police, were investigated. The analysis of the activity of police officers, who had to deal with armed and aggressive offenders, was analyzed. The conducted research substantiated the original methodology of the preparation of future police officers for contact with an offender, armed with a cold weapon, and tested its efficiency. The essence of the original methodology is to form the future police officers' professionally significant skills and competencies to apply coercive measures on the basis of the acquired special theoretical knowledge, introduced into the educational process of tactical and special training of simulated situational tasks and to develop professionally important psychological qualities. The study involved cadets, having entered educational institutions in 2016 (n=227), who were studying at the National Academy of Internal Affairs (Kyiv, Ukraine). The experimental (EG, n=111) and control (CG, n=116) groups were formed. The efficiency of the original methodology was evaluated by the indicators of theoretical and practical readiness of cadets and by the psychological qualities' development level. The results of the experiment showed the efficiency of the original methodology in comparison to the traditional one: theoretical preparedness of the EG cadets was improved by 46.8%, CG -by 2.4%; practical readiness of the EG cadets was increased by 37.3%, CG -by 5.1%. The high level of cadets' professionally significant skills acquired during studying contributed to the improvement of the efficiency of their future professional activity.

Training Technologies as a Means of Communicative Competences Development of Prejudicial Inquiry Agencies’ Investigators

“…-no statistically significant changes in the system of interpersonal relations were recorded in the control groups of the first-year, the secondyear, the third-year and the fourth-year cadets; Such indicators demonstrate the feasibility of involving training courses in the system of training specialists of different categories, as previously noted in the research of individual researchers (Bilyk et al, 2021;Bondarenko, et al, 2020c;Lefterov, 2011;Novikova, 2008;Ostapovich, et al, 2020;Prontenko, et al, 2020a).…”

Scientific tools for forming professional competence of patrol police officers

“…They are including roundthe-clock patrolling of the service area, road traffic regulations control, the detention of offenders and getting them to police departments [9]- [15]. Peculiar features of this service are: i) Significant physical, intellectual, and emotional tension; ii) Performing duties under different weather conditions and time intervals; iii) Vertical and horizontal relations arrangement; iv) Frequent change of one type of action to another due to constantly changing operational environment [16]- [20].…”

“…The competencies content presupposes individuals' personal attitudes to objects and processes that are necessary for productive activity. In this regard, scientists focus on the professional orientation of the educational process [20], [34]. Thus, the practical orientation should be provided primarily by introducing scenarios that provide for the implementation of situational tasks into the educational process.…”

Peculiarities of Decision Making by Police Officers with Different Levels of Professional Self-Fulfilment

“…The ability to make decisions is reduced and it requires the police officer to use his personal resources under conditions of excessive physical, emotional and psychological stress. Police officers from special purpose police units quite often face extreme situations, such as armed attacks, apprehension of criminals and prevention of terrorist acts, etc., which require a prompt decision and adherence to tactical special procedures (Bondarenko et al, 2020a;Bondarenko et al, 2020b;Okhrimenko et al, 2020). These problem situations are characterized by high complexity, tension, urgency and negative consequences, as every action and decision of a police officer can affect people's lives.…”