Force psychological competency training
wins international recognition
The Force's Psychological competency
training has won the American Society for Training & Development
(ASTD) Excellence in Practice Award 2009, along with 20 other award
winners selected from 131 international entries. The ASTD is a major
international training and development body with a global membership of
more than 44,000 training and development professionals from 104
countries.
Under psychological competency training, there are various training programmes, e-learning courseware, and self-learning materials on eight areas: Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Conflict Management, Victim Psychology, Counselling Skills as a Police Supervisor/Colleague, Stress Management in Police Work, Healthy Lifestyle and Psychological Skills in Suspect Interviewing.
The crux of psychological competency training is to combine practical police experience with psychological expertise to better equip police officers. So, the College has formed partnership with the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University to develop training materials and conduct training and assessment for Police trainers, who then teach trainees these topics.
"There are many cases showing that our officers have learned useful knowledge and skills from the training to help their daily policing duties," said Deputy Director Gavin Brown.
Winners honoured
The ASTD Board of Directors honoured the winners at an awards ceremony last month in Chicago during ASTD's International Conference & Exposition. Force Training Officer Cammie Leung and Senior Inspector (Training Projects) Lam Chiu-chung represented the Force at the ceremony. They also discussed the award winning practice of psychological competency training with international delegates during the Awards Fair of the conference.
Police
College
Director
Kevin Woods (left), Deputy Director Gavin Brown and
Force Training officer, Cammie Leung, proudly showcase the ASTD award