PREPARING HUNGARIAN POLICE CADETS TO DEAL WITH UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS AND LEAD OPERATIONS

Authors

  • Gabor Kovacs Dr.

Keywords:

police education, common exercise, preparation process, good education practice

Abstract

PREPARING HUNGARIAN POLICE cadets to deal with unexpected situations and lead operations

Gabor Kovacs

University of Public Service

Hungary, Budapest

kovacs.gabor@uni-nke.hu

 

Purpose

An important part of the professional training of Hungarian police cadets is the acquisition of practical skills. The knowledge acquired during theoretical training must be applied in practice.

Preparation for the annual “Common public service exercise” is an important milestone in the training.The study will present the whole didactic process, from good practice to experience. Design/Methods/Approach

Thorough planning precedes preparation for common public service exercises. Well prepared background materials ensure thorough preparation and successful implementation of the exercise. This process is describe in the paper. Relevant literature will be included in the study. The methodology will ensure that each workflow is precisely defined and the process is presented.

The approach to the topic is theoretical and also more practical, so that the reader can gain useful experience based on good practices.

Findings

The study conveys useful methods and findings, good practices for law enforcement professionals. The findings of the study are based on the processing of the relevant literature and the experience of good practices. These methods are highly adaptable to all types of management work.

Originality/Value

The topic has not been processed before, there is not significant literature on managerial work. The author discusses the topic in a new approach. The conclusions drawn from the processing of the topic the content of the essay can be effectively used in everyday police cadet education practice.

Keywords: police education, common exercise, preparation process, good education practice,

About the author: Gábor Kovács, PhD, police major general, Dean, professor and head of department, Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Law Enforcement, Department of Management Science, e-mail: kovacs.gabor@uni-nke.hu

References

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https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=99400034.tv

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Published

2025-03-25

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Contemporary Challenges in Detecting and Proving Crime