Think Tank Kick-Off at the Police Academy Lower Saxony
The kick-off meeting of the think tank of our partner project Generation Future Police of the Lower Saxony Police Academy took place on March 21. The project is primarily concerned with the questions of how the attractiveness of the Lower Saxony State Police Force can be increased and how declining application figures can be counteracted. Among other aspects, the project is particularly looking at the potential of social media in employer branding and recruitment. Next to Chief Inspector Matthias Schwarze and Chief Superintendent Kristin Peter, Jochen Kinast was invited to give a presentation. The input gave a brief overview of the current status of media effects research in the police sector in Germany and Denmark. Moreover, the first descriptive results from our current survey at the Lower Saxony Police Force were presented. In the afternoon, various workshops were offered on the topics of advertisement, recruitment procedures, police education and initial deployment.
Read more about the German partner project Generation Future Police