The Police Academy Survey (The PAS) helps create a more positive relationship between the community and police officers by measuring the quality of academy activities and the knowledge and skills obtained by graduates.
The Desire to Serve
Strengths & Weaknesses
Quality of Academy Activities
Unmet Training Needs
Knowledge & Skills Gained
Characteristics of Success
The Police Academy Survey (The PAS), a premier enterprise of Polco and designed by our National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) survey science team, provides a comprehensive and accurate picture of officer training, academy activities and skills obtained by trainees. The PAS uses best practices in survey methods to guarantee valid findings and puts your results into meaningful context.
The PAS provides local law enforcement leaders insights into a variety of candidate knowledge, motivations, reactions, barriers and career goals. The survey measures:
Gather insights into a variety of resident opinions about public safety with The National Law Enforcement Survey (The NLES). The NLES helps strengthen community relationships, aligns resident and government priorities, supports community-centered policing and increases resident safety.
Law Enforcement and Local Government leaders can gather insights into officer working conditions, employee climate and job satisfaction with The National Employee Survey - Law Enforcement (The NES-LE). The NES-LE helps identify organizational strengths and challenges, and understand training needs.
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