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CLAN

Kaunas Police CLAN

WHAT WE DO

CLAN Continuous Learning forAdults with Needs134649-LLP-1-2007-1-IT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

Grant Agreement 2007-3569/001-001This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsiblefor any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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The structure of the clan.

The interviewed employees were from the Subdivisions of the public police in

Kaunas:

Service of traffic supervision-7 persons

Service of public order -14 persons

Combined patrol team- 6 persons

Juveniles centre of Social care and prevention -5 persons

ANALYSIS OF THE WORK SCHEDULE

Typically all employees in the police in Lithuania work in shifts,3 shifts (on a rota

basis) for policemen1 shift + duties(on a rota basis) for managerial staff

including night hours.

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Also they have their individual working-hour plans.According to these plans there

is a great difference in the amount of working hours and days off.

*Generally shifts changes every day or every second day;

*Very often people work night hours before days off ;

*Their working hours vary according to their job requirements for a certain period

of time;

*The duties or job profile is also on rotation basis;

*Anyone can be asked to come to work even if it is his/her day off which

implies to be at work during the weekends or bank holidays too.

Their free days can be on Monday or on any other week day. But if there is a

certain emergency event in the town and more police forces have to be involved,

they have to be at work even on his/her day off (they are compensated later).

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Certainly, people have a possibility to change their schedule on an important

event for a family or an individual ( wedding, furneral, illness and consultations

at doctor's etc.)

Though time table is too much flexible for this profession but in the long run they

manage somehow to make equal working conditions to all workers.It was noticed

also during the interviews because none of them complained of being overused in

work or felt that his days off are not compensated.

PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL BARRIERS

It is hardly possible for the employees in the police to plan their private and

social life activities or plan holidays in advance as most often these are

occurance-dependent. When it comes to situations where both a wife and a

husband are employed in the police, the private life demands of such a family are

often disregarded.

It goes without saying that the main aspect of this profession and work is

communication between the society and the police professionals. Regrettably,

there is little trust in the police from citizens, as often it is the case that people

have contacts with officers in situations of violation of regulations and law (on

roads, in dealing with property) and in crime. Very often this sort of

communication results either in a strict warning, imposing fines, law enforcement,

custody or establishing offences, therefore all these produce negative emotions in

people. Even when the people are offenders themselves, a bad reputation of the

police officer is being spread among population. Also, there are lots of crimes

that are unrevealed and criminals not punished (certainly due to different

circumstances), which also contributes a lot to the negative image and attitude

towards the police. The police officers revealed that even working with children at

school they perceive childrens negative attitude and preconceived mindset. Thepolicemen believe that this bad image has been created to a greater extent by

the media which seek for the negative and sensational as well as by the

individuals who had unpleasant personal contacts with police officers, such as in

traffic events, cases of hooliganism, etc. Also, people/offenders seek for privileges

in such occurrences while police officers have to turn to the law.

Journal POLICIJA (police) is the periodical that is published twice a month

presents problems encountered in the police system of the country and

prevention of crime, discusses hot issues of social life regarding the police work,

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professional ethics

10.Forbiden participation in political life

11.Low individual motivation

8.Mainly negative media reports

With regaining the Independence in 1990s, there was great agiotage about

choosing career in the police, as it was the substitution for the soviet militia.

Salaries to policemen were made bigger and more social benefits provided (free

accommodation, charge-free transport, etc.). However, today these ambitions are

over, there is shortage in employment, and the police departments look for ways

to recruit more people to this career. And the wish that this profession could gain

more respect among population was expressed by the interviewees.

Even having been constrained so much in many aspects of their profession, the

policemen tend to respect professional obligations and, when asked about

possibly changing their career to something with fewer restrictions, they

answered they would stick to their employment understanding their role and

commitment to the society. In conclusion it could be assumed that inside their

profession the policemen are more or less able to reconcile their professional

work with leading a normal social life..

GROWING IN THE CLAN NEEDS FOR LEARNING

Professional training that is typically planned and selected by the Ministry of

Interior or any police department authorities is conducted fairly often. Within a

year trainings are planned 2-3 times, and every professional is supposed to

participate in them on a regular basis.Trainings are organized mainly in

professional, technological and language spheres. The disciplines mentioned by

the interviewees are the following:

Professional sphere Introduction into new

laws & regulations

Peculiarities of the

Schengen area

Juvenile delinquency and

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It has been reported that no specific tools or methods for learning/ development

are employed or known by the interviewers.

ICT instruments

Throughout Lithuania the police has got the Internet connection and

communication ( though in some replies it was mentioned as insufficient), local

intranet and every department has designed its website. However, what regards

free use of the Internet at work, it is absolutely restricted if a policeman is

having access to the police database . Certainly it is for the sake of security

against spreading police information. For the employees therefore it is possible to

use WWW only at home, but obviously sharing this access with the family

members. This allows little time for an individual to do all the browsing he/she

needs.

Typically at home the policemen make use of the Internet in searching for

information, reviewing news, for communication and playing games but very

rarely do anything for professional purposes. Having this sort of situation about

using IC technologies and yet claiming that they are their window to the world,

the police people are restricted in realising themselves as individuals, who

pursue their needs to learn and develop. Generally among the causes that

enhance the quest for knowledge and learning, the interviewees mentioned

personal hobbies, fighting the routine, worthwhile communication and curiosity

for innovations.

The interviewees reported that their families demonstrate hostility when they

disregard the time that should be allocated to household chores, family

communication, raising children and discussing family matters or problems, and

instead giving it to computer work/browsing. But when ICT is considered and

accepted as a leisure time facility for the whole family during holidays or

vacations, this hostility disappears.

Training needs expressed by interviewees can be divided into the following

spheres

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Indicators of Success

As all interviewees expressed understanding their role and commitment to the

society some presumptions for success can be drawn. They are:

- Growing increase of professional requirements from employers and the

need in society for qualified service;

- Governmental and Global promotion of personal development.

- Individual motivation for self-development

- The acknowledgment of professions situation in the labour market;

- Career possibilities;

- Understanding social barrier and readiness to overcome it;

- Believe that trainings can add to their personal, professional, social and

civic development.

The project idea to introduce more flexible self development paradigm are very

challenging to all foreign partners and clan members. A new idea offers new

learning environment which expand borders and deepen the knowledge going

further into globalization processes.

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