With the primary objective of expanding vocational and technical education programs to accommodate highway safety manpower requirements, this project focused on (1) identifying what portion of highway safety manpower needs fall within the realm of technical and skilled occupations, (2) determining the extent to which educational institutions are providing training, (3) documenting materials and resources available to educators, and (4) outlining a strategy for vocational and technical planners to use in expanding and developing occupational programs in highway safety. A survey was conducted to locate established vocational and technical programs, to identify leading educational personnel, and to collect curriculum material. Selected educators served as consultants in analyzing and interpreting the data and in making recommendations. Specific conclusions were: (1) The lack of data is probably the most crucial roadblock to developing programs, (2) Highway safety manpower of a technical nature is most effectively developed at the post secondary level, and (3) Certain knowledge and skills common to all or many highway safety occupations may warrant the development of a core curriculum for these training programs. (Author/GEB)

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Expansion of Vocational-Technical School Programs to Accommodate Highway Safety Manpower Requirements. Volume I, Introduction.

A survey was conducted of 101 police agencies with traffic responsibilities, in an effort to identify minimum standards for police traffic safety performance. The chapters review qualitative literature, assess the content and reliability of data obtained from police agencies, and discuss the development of standards. Additional material deals with a recommended training and education program for police officers with traffic responsibilities, and 'presents a discussion of methodology that can be used to estimate the cost of incremental levels of police traffic service.' Based on the material collected and analyzed in this study, no 'optimal or desirable level of traffic law enforcement or standards for police performance' can be recommended. Appended material contains a police traffic services survey form, and a court survey form, and includes a discussion of survey planning, as well as a lengthy bibliography. /Author/

E Fennessey

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Technical content of staff and community police traffic services programs