Spring 2012 Law Enforcement Pre-Academy Closing Survey

Spring 2012 Law Enforcement Pre-AcademyClosing Survey

Was the Pre-Academy registration process easy for you to complete?

Not easy

Somewhat easy

Very easy

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

6%

38%

56%

How helpful was it to take English, Reading and ADJ together as a learning community?

Not helpful

Somewhat helpful

Very helpful

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

0%

19%

81%

How well was the course material linked between the classes?

Not well

Somewhat well

Very well

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

0%

29%

71%

How well did the instructors meet your academic needs?

Not well

Somewhat well

Very well

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

0%

29%

71%

How well did the instructors meet your professional needs?

Not well

Somewhat well

Very well

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

0%

6%

94%

Did you feel you were part of a team with the other students?

Not much

Somewhat

Very much

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

0%

6%

94%

What can we do to build teamwork among Pre-Academy students?

• Encourage the students to know one another.• More team projects and assignments.• More team activities and scenarios.• If everyone starts off working together teamwork will

come soon after.• More of the same.

What aspects of the Pre-Academy were most helpful?

• Writing• Autobiography• Personal history statement• Report writing• Identifying elements of a crime scene• Basic principles and reality of Law

Enforcement• Ethics

Do you think the Pre-Academy has helped prepare you to meet Academy requirements?

Not much

Somewhat

Very much

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

0%

6%

94%

What areas of instruction need to be improved?

Search and Seizure

Report writing

Reading comprehension

Personal History Statement

Other

Laws of Arrest

Grammar

Ethics

Cultural diversity

Criminal law

Autobiography

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%8%

50%

0%

8%

8%

33%

17%

0%

0%

0%

8%

On what topic would you have liked to spend more time?

Search and Seizure

Report writing

Reading comprehension

Personal History Statement

Other

Laws of Arrest

Grammar

Ethics

Cultural diversity

Criminal law

Autobiography

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%20%

73%

0%

13%

0%

40%

13%

13%

20%

20%

27%

Do you have any suggestions regarding the technology used in the Pre-Academy?

• They have all the technology you need.• More exposure to the types of materials/tools

police officers use.• Encourage outside involvement in Law

Enforcement.

Suggestions and Comments

• I really enjoyed the class and the instructors.• It was an honor to be in the Pre-Academy.• The Pre-Academy helped me understand

some of what will be in the Academy.• The Reading and ADJ classes should be as long

as the English class.• More report writing.