Understanding & Supervising Millennium Police Officers-Freeport

This class has been canceled

Purpose of Course: This training has been designed with the purpose of addressing the issues related to better understanding the behaviors and values of the millennium police officers.

Course Description: There has been a great deal of information written about multiple generations serving in police departments today. Each has its unique differences, and members of each generation think and behave differently. Each was shaped by common experiences, defining moments, history, demographics, economics and culture. Millenniums will be the largest of the generations in the past century.  Their numbers will top 80 million people, making them a group that will fill the bulk of police positions in the future. Police departments need to have a working understanding of how to interact with and supervise the new generation of law enforcement officers.  Maintaining the police workforce level is one of the most pressing chal­lenges facing law enforcement today. Therefore, the training and supervision of this generation needs to be as unique and progressive as they are while maintaining traditional police values.

Course Goals: The goal of this course is to train police officers to gain a better understanding of the millennium generation and how that understanding can improve recruitment and retention.

·         Facets of change in the workplace

·         Multi-generational diversity

·         “The Job vs. A Job” – new view of policing

·         Changing generational preferences and expectations

·         How the millennial generation learns differently

·         Hiring transitional workers to create a bridge

·         Shaping administration expectations of “new” officers

·         10 top differences millennium officers bring to police work

Learning Objectives for Course:

·         To understand the differences between generations

·         To increase retention among millennium officers

·         To utilize better millennium officer’s behaviors and ethics

·         To understand how to motivate millennium officers

·         To identify the relationship between age and core values

·         To be able to develop strategies for relating to millennium officers

·         To decrease misunderstanding arising between the generations