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Maldonado, Maria G
Abstract
Police officers should have a college education. College has great benefits that will aid a police officer.
The requirement should be two years minimum, an Associates Degree. This is not exempt to any
position within the police force. All officers must have a minimum of two years of post-secondary
education. However, current police officers may be grandfathered in. Higher positions within the police
force need a higher pay rate. Overall, we will examine why police officers need to have a college
education.
College has its many benefits such as a long-term career and a better lifestyle. As expressed in
the following: “Education enables people to coalesce health-producing behaviors into a coherent
lifestyle that improves health.” (Schafer, M. H. & Wilkinson, L. R. & Ferraro, K. F, 2013, Pg. 1007-1035)
Therefore, a lifestyle with a college background improves not only your career but your health.
A policeman with a college background, criminal justice preferably, will have a better
harassment from the public will come to no surprise to them when they start as a policeman. An
education on discrimination and conflict makes a better police officer, because they become a
The time taken to finish a criminal justice program is two years, graduating with an
Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. Therefore, all new applicants will have the knowledge of
what it takes to be a cop. Already being a better police officer understand the material within the
work area.
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Pertaining to higher positions such as, SGT.’s, LT.’s, CAPT.’s, and Chiefs will be
required to have an Associates Degree. Unless grandfathered in the position they hold.
Eventually, with time the entire police force will have a background of college education.
Of course, having a college background does not necessarily mean you will be promoted
in to a higher paid position. “Promotions serve two important and distinct roles in organizations
(Milgrom and Roberts 1992, 364). The first is to motivate workers (incentive role), and the second is to
sort workers into jobs that best match their abilities (sorting role)” (Chan, E. W., 2018, Pg. 83).
Therefore, education is an ability to play a certain role within the department. However, reinstated will
Having a college background results in a healthy lifestyle, an educated mind, and the knowledge
of how it is as a policeman. For these reasons, police officers need to have a two year minimum college
References
Chan, E. W. (2018). Promotion, Relative Performance Information, and the Peter Principle. Accounting
Review, 93(3), 83-103. doi:10.2308/accr-51890