2012-05-24T14:57:15Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/occupational-training.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP357.html May 7, 2012 May 7, 2012

Police workforce readiness requires careful and consistent personnel development to ensure that needed skills and knowledge are recognized, appropriately utilized, and fostered. A RAND methodology developed for the U.S. Air Force may be applicable to law enforcement agencies, too.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1134z2.html Jan 18, 2012 Jan 18, 2012

In 2006, the Communities Foundation of Texas allocated $10 million to the Dallas Police Department to establish the W. W. Caruth Jr. Police Institute. An evaluation of the institute's first course considered participants' opinions of the course's impact on their approach to their jobs, their relationships with supervisors and subordinates, and their sense of solidarity with their coworkers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120020.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Abengoa has HR practices and policies that promote the employability and mobility of all workers regardless of age. The organisation also has specific age management policies including partial retirement policies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120022.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

In the Netherlands employers were encouraged to invest more in education and training instead of preferential age-related benefits, as part of efforts to make employing older staff more attractive to companies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120021.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

DHV, a company reliant on the knowledge and personal skills of people, has placed strong emphasis on training and development, on promoting a healthy workforce, as well as on new ways of working, all of which provide more freedom for workers to choose the means to do their work.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120023.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

In Spain, the Ford Collective Agreement has some specific policies aimed at older workers that affect seniority bonuses and retirement practices.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120016.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

According to representatives of the company interviewed for this case study, there has been a greater willingness to recruit people aged 50 or more during the economic cycle of the past two to three years, but this is cyclical.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR880.html May 3, 2011 May 3, 2011

Examines educational approaches that would customize U.S. Air Force training to the individual, with the intent of minimizing time in training, focusing on the trainee's needs, and getting the trainee productive sooner, all leading to reduced costs. Recommends that the Air Force conduct some experiments with Air Force vocational training before implementation across Air Force training is considered.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR851.html May 2, 2011 May 2, 2011

<p>In March 2009, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) began a unique partnership with two local universities, the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas: The Caruth Police Institute (CPI) provides officer training and serves as the DPD's research and problem-solving arm. This report examines the extent to which CPI is meeting its goals, obstacles to implementation, and how CPI has responded to these challenges.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG717.html Jun 9, 2008 Jun 9, 2008

<p>More opportunities for thorough training, closer monitoring of lower-rated police officers, and incorporating non-lethal devices can help further reduce the already minute probability that an NYPD officer fires their weapon.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG555.html Mar 25, 2007 Mar 25, 2007

<p>The Air Force typically trains 30,000 to 40,000 new airmen a year. It utilizes two methods for training enlistees: centralized initial skills training (&ldquo;schoolhouse&rdquo; training) and decentralized on-the-job training. The authors develop a methodology to determine the most cost-effective combination of the two, based on a cost-benefit analysis of seven Air Force specialties.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050409.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>The authors examined the impact of employer-sponsored part-time college education on job mobility, using the case of the Tuition Assistance (TA) program of the U.S. Navy.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040019.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

<p>This report critically reviews a range of evidence on different vocational learning programmes, their purposes and outcomes, and the learning processes involved.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040018.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

<p>This report analyses recent policy initiatives in England relating to vocational learning, and compares them with policies in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010061.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000