Selection of Police in Europe: Comparing the Hungarian and Polish Systems

• Authors: Mogyoródi, Gergely

Abstracts

EN

Over the past few years, due to the growing needs of personnel, the Hungarian police has faced recruitment challenges. Although there is a high demand for new recruits, the standards of the entry requirements are relatively strict and difficult to meet. The question is whether the requirements are still serving the needs of the organisation. The objective of this study was to learn a different practice by comparing the Hungarian and Polish selection methods to assist in improving and to find applicable methods for the selection procedure of the Hungarian police.There are many similarities between the two countries, and following from this, it was assumed that the selection of police is also similar, and therefore the attributes could be compared. To analyse the topic, for contextual purposes, as they determine the mentioned characteristics, both the organisational and the educational attributes were studied as well. Researching the topic, the relevant literature was analysed. Data that could not be collected from the literature was collected by a questionnaire sent to Cepol and to a liaison officer, and an interview was also performed with a Polish police officer who volunteered for the study. The research indicates that both forces apply physical, medical and psychological requirements in the same regard, but with territorial and policing-cultural specifics. It was found that Poland and Hungary struggle with the number of fit applicants, but neither country uses modern selection methods that could have a positive effect on selecting the new recruits.

Keywords

EN

police recruitment; entry requirements; comparison study

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Policji w Szczytnie
• Journal: Internal Security
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 12(2)
• Pages: 247-260

Dates

published

2021-01-20

Contributors

author

Mogyoródi, Gergely

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.6698