Roundtable: Vets to Cops: Policing After Active Duty

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Some consider military veterans model candidates for careers in law enforcement. Their training, expertise, and values exemplify the traits that communities and police departments would like for their prospective officers to have. Police departments offer a number of incentives to military veterans seeking to explore opportunities in law enforcement. Our discussion will focus on how military status influences police behavior and culture.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Policing

Chair

• Shamma Jabal Hickling, University of Cincinnati

Discussants

• Robert A. Brown, North Carolina Central University

• Lorenzo M. Boyd, University of Maryland- Eastern Shores

• Angela P. Taylor, Fayetteville State University