Police Academy Training. Prior to taking on assignments, police officers go through training at a police academy. The training program generally lasts around 12 to 14 weeks and includes classroom instruction in state laws, local ordinances, constitutional law, civil rights, and accident investigation.
Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (February 2009) A functional manager is a person who has management authority over an organizational unitâsuch as a departmentâwithin a business, company, or other organization.
Definition of FUNCTIONALISM. 1. : a late 19th century to early 20th century American school of psychology concerned especially with how the mind functions to adapt the individual to the environment â compare structuralism 1.2. : a philosophy of design (as in architecture) holding that form should be adapted to use, material, and structure. a theory that stresses the interdependence of the patterns and institutions of a society and their interaction in maintaining cultural and social unity. 4. : a doctrine or practice that emphasizes practical utility or functional relations. â funcÂ·tionÂ·alÂ·ist \-shnÉ-list, -shÉ-nÉ-list\ noun.