NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija (Jan 2016)
The analysis of the level of training of Intervention Police Units of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
Abstract
This paper aims to answer the following questions: (1) how well the members of the Intervention Police Units (IPU) are trained for performing dedicated tasks, and (2) whether there is the influence of some characteristics of members of the IPU on the level of their training. The data used to perform the analysis were collected using the combined instrument - a survey questionnaire and a test. The instrument contained 6 survey-type questions used to collect data on the sample and 10 test questions. The correct answer to each question was given one point. The level of knowledge of the surveyed members of the IPU was expressed by the sum of the achieved points. The survey was anonymous and 90 randomly chosen members of the IPU participated in it. The collected data were processed by a statistical method, at which several techniques were used, namely: 1) standard descriptive techniques; 2) single factor analysis of variance ANOVA, and 3) single factor multivariate analysis of variance MANOVA. The results presented in the paper show that the members of the IPU have considerable knowledge about the tasks they do. However, there is still much room for improving that level bearing in mind that the analyses showed that there was influence of some characteristics of the IPU members on the level of their training. These are the degree of achieved professional qualification, formation duty in the IPU defined by professional qualification and a number of training of respondents for the IPU operations. All listed characteristics demonstrate considerable influence.
