Web Sites of Interest / In-Service Training Resources
PLEASE NOTE: Before law enforcement departments can spend their LED funds to pay for training, the class must first be registered with MCOLES. To find out if a specific training class has been registered with MCOLES, approved Operators can log into the MCOLES Network and search the In-Service Training Registry. Out-of-State Vendor courses hosted and held in Michigan must obtain "special use approval" by MCOLES to use LED funds. View the Host Special Use Request Courses on the MCOLES Web site.
Wilson, Jeremy M., Rostker, Bernard, and Fan, Cha-Chi (2010). Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest: Evidence-Based Lessons for Police Workforce Planning. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, MG-960-NIJ. Available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG960/.
Davis, Lois, Pollard Michael, Ward, Kevin, Wilson, Jeremy M., Varda, Danielle, Hansell, Lydia, & Steinberg, Paul (2010). Long-Term Effects of Law Enforcement's Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, MG-1031-NIJ. For the press release, see Local Law Enforcement's Counterterrorism Initiatives Have Evolved into All-Hazards Strategies. Available at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1031/.
Conference Proceedings
Wilson, Jeremy M. and Grammich, Clifford. (2009). Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment: Personnel Experiences and Promising Practices from the Front Lines. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, CFP-261-DOJ. Available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF261/. For the briefings presented at this summit, visit http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2101).
Wilson, Jeremy M., Dalton, Erin, Scheer, Charles, and Grammich, Clifford. (2010). Police Recruitment and Retention: What Works. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, RB-9546-DOJ. Available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9546/.