A Comparison of Police Intern Education

The core mission of police education is mainly to cultivate superior leaders in police. The essential professional skills, knowledge, and abilities in police are not only based on academic subjects such as law, legal, and police sciences, but also practical exercises of work, which are not solely instructed at school. Hence, it is vital to combine school with current units. Let students experience the working environments and follow orders from the supervisors through internship programs. Therefore, it is the very crucial period for cadets to transform themselves into skillful police officers. This study applies literature reviews for collecting all sorts of theories and different police intern programs. The result finds Police Intern programs analysis and comparison, better police intern models, and the Interrelated Factors for Police Intern Model, and got four conclusions as below. A. The interns are the key link for police education and duty. B. Police education must include complete intern programs. C. Schools have to play the key role on police intern program. D. It is necessary for more research on police intern model