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Higher Education
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Challenged police departments requirement of having college credits
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A major police of legislation dealing with the national concern about crime
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Used to validate higher-educational requirements as minimum criteria for entry-level selection
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Provided money for higher education to in-service law enforcement personnel and to students who were interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement
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Association comprised of college-educated police chief executives calling for higher educational standards in policing
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Supported the notion that an educational requirement can be quantitatively job validated
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Affirmed the requirement of a high school education by the Boston Police Department
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Used to encourage officers to continue their education beyond minimum requirements
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Agency through which the government spent billions of dollars on the criminal justice system, specifically the police, in order to improve its effectiveness
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Established to provide funding to police personnel and those who wanted to pursue a college education in preparation to become a police officer
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Issued a report entitled The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society
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Documented the problems of police education