Prior to the establishment of the formal police academy, officers were trained using a variety of methods that were not always effective or conducive to the job required of an officer. As a result, poorly equipped officers filled the streets of 19th-century America, often unable to accomplish their primary mission: protecting the public. The United States, inspired by England and other countries with better-developed public safety systems, desperately needed a method to keep its population safe. The creation and evolution of the police academy defined what being a police officer entailed by teaching officers what was expected of them, not only in terms of professional requirements, but also morally and ethically. The Police Academy prepares an individual for the civilian, educational, managerial and daily tasks of police work while ensuring moral soundness and commitment to public service. By combining lectures, CSI training, building search training, firearms training, and combative/defensive training, each officer who graduates from the police academy is well prepared to handle all aspects of the job of a police officer. In the early to mid-1800s, agents were often trained using various methods of questionable reliability. The first training in the police, as in other professions, appears in the form of apprenticeship (Gammage 5). A neophyte was required to shadow an experienced police officer for a short time before beginning independent police work; this training concept was based on the “rookie-see, rookie-do” model. An apprenticeship was considered an opportunity; in most departments, recruits received no formal prerequisite training. They received a badge, a baton and a copy of the department's rules (...... middle of paper ...... Boston: Brookstone, 1968. Print. This source describes popular police programs taught in police academies across the United States In addition to summarizing the programs, it also critically analyzes the methods and theories of information taught to new officers. officers, and the positive impact and negative constraints of requiring recruits to be twenty-one.Walker, S and C Katz. The Police in America 7th: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print.This manual shares valuable information. on the history of the criminal justice system, and particularly the history of policing in America and England. It was very valuable for its discussion of Sir Robert Peel and his police reforms...