ssigned to the COPS program (Bureau of Justice Statistics). The COPS program places some pressure on police officers. For example, while traditional policing policy is focused on the strict enforcement of local and state statutes, the COPS program places emphasis on building relationships between police officers and community residents in order to collaboratively prevent crime and solve problems (Trojanowicz).
Like overall policing, police training has also evolved over the past century. At the beginning of the 20th century, during the political era of policing, there was no formal training regimen for police officers. Instead, police officers learned their trade from veteran police officers in their departments. There was no institutionalized method for passing down knowledge to new police officers, and training was mostly a word-of-mouth endeavor. During the reform era of policing, the systematic training of police recruits in police academies was one of the principal reforms initiated to combat corruption. The legendary August
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