Current Trends in the Police PersonnelTraining

Abstract

In this article problems of Lithuanian police personnel qualifications and competencies are analysed. The article
outlines that current modern competencies and qualifications that are obtained during the process of police
training should serve the permanent transformations of the police management bearing in mind the current police
management practice being quite conservative. It is stated that the police training can be further on concentrated in
an „outside“ environment of its main client (Police Department of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of
Lithuania). Also the article states that the training of police personnel could and should be oriented towards the
concept of a police as a social service for the citizens.The preventive work and social support for the community
are becoming an integral part of the reforms in the era of “New Public Service”. The latter trends are more and
more reflected in the area of alloting the main police training and professional competencies.