The Making of a Cop
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671747401 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 164 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book presents a realistic look at a supremely difficult job. From Publishers Weekly Rachlin ( The Songwriter's Handbook ) monitored a class of recruits through their 23-week course at the New York City Police Academy in 1988, concentrating on four of them. . And though the course includes many simulations of real-life situations, in the author's view, the academy cannot prepare students for the sordidness and inhumanity they will encounter on the streets; more than a few become very cynical very quickly. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. The result is a sympathetic chronicle of the conversion of 860 civilians into police officers as they run an educational gauntlet whose demands are equal parts physical, ballistic and sociological. Author tour. Rachlin reveals that "sensitivity training" is a significant component of the regimen, especially concerning ethnic groups; it rem
"A sympathetic chronicle (that) presents a realistic look at a supremely difficult job".--Publishers Weekly.. Journalist Rachlin followed four raw recruits from the New York City Police Academy to the streets in this dramatic day-by-day account of what it takes to become one of New York's finest