Good Cop, Better Cop: Evaluation of a Geriatrics Training Program for Police.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop, implement, and evaluate a training program in aging-related health for police officers.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Crisis intervention training program for police officers in San Francisco.

Participants

Police officers attending one of five 2-hour trainings (N = 143).

Intervention

A lecture on aging-related health conditions pertinent to police work followed by three experiential trainings on how it feels to be "old."

Measurements

Participants evaluated the quality of the training and the likelihood that they would apply new knowledge to their work and rated their knowledge using a retrospective pre-post evaluation. In open-ended responses, participants reported work-related changes they anticipated making in response t

SUBMITTER: Brown RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555774 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature