Overview of Police Education System in Latvia

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In Latvia, the State Police plays a crucial role in law enforcement and maintaining public order. The State Police College offers various educational programs for individuals interested in joining the police force, including vocational programs, professional development courses, and adult non-formal education programs. To qualify for the police force, individuals must meet specific criteria related to physical fitness, health, psychological characteristics, citizenship, age, criminal background, education, and language proficiency. The college provides training at different levels, from secondary education to higher professional education. Additionally, the structure of the State Police includes various departments responsible for different aspects of police work.

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Police and education Female students and future work for the Police gerbonis Dina Tar ne Deputy Director of State Police College

There are 2070371 inhabitants in Latvia* per 300 inhabitants 1 police officer *Central Bureau for Statistics / Population census in 2011

Number of employees in the State Police 7000 persons Police officers Civil staff 27% 35% 65% 73% Female Male Female Male

Structure of the State police Chief of the State police State police college Central Criminal police department Central Administrative department Central Public order police department Human Finance dept. resources dept. Internal control dept. Forensic department Kurzeme region police dept. Vidzeme region police depart. Zemgale region police dept. Latgale region police dept. Riga region police dept.

STRUCTURAL POSITION OF POLICE EDUCATION IN LATVIA The Ministry of the Interior The Ministry of Education and Science State Police State Police College 5

Persons can join the police force, if he/she: Physical fitness Health Psychological characteristics Latvian citizen 18-40 years old No criminal background Not found legally incapacitated at least secondary education Latvian language

POLICE EDUCATION Higher Education Establishments State Police First Level Higher Professional Education Professional development education programmes and adult non-formal education programmes Initial training Vocational education Secondary Education Higher Education 7

The State Police College implements education programs: 1stlevel professional higher education program Police Work Vocational program Police Work 2,5 years full-time studies 3 years part-time studies 10 months full-time or part-time studies Professional development education program Basics of Police Work for students with higher education More than 60 adult non-formal education programmes and professional development programmes 6 months (from 6 till 640 lessons)

Vocational program Police Work (full-time) (%) 37 42 38 Female Male 63 58 42 2014 2015 2016

1stLevel Professional Higher Education program Police Work (full-time) (%) 50 51 56 Female Male 50 49 44 2014 2015 2016

Professional development education program Basics of Police Work (for persons with university diploma) (%) 58 68 74 Female Male 42 32 26 2014 2015 2016

Female/male by services (%) 100% 90% 80% 48 51 53 70% 73 60% 50% 40% 30% 52 49 47 20% 27 10% 0% Criminal police Public order police Forensics Other Female Male

Female/male by position (%) 52 56 74 83 Male Female 85 48 44 26 17 15 Constables Junior officers Middle level officers Senior level officers Leadership level