THE INFLUENCE OF THE MODEL OF PHYSICAL TRAINING ON THE EDUCATION OF POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATES

Every country implements a specific system of police education within its educational institutions, and thus helps the police officer candidates to acquire the necessary competences, skills and knowledge through the specific implementation of the educational plans and programs. During the educational process, it is crucial to establish high quality training that would enable gradual theoretical and professional transformation of police officers, that would be focused to meet the demands arising from the complex social and security conditions in which the police profession is pursued. The Idrizovo training center of the Ministry of internal affairs implements a contemporary police educational model that is in accordance with the national and international quality standards and which serves to prepare the future police officers to professionally perform their tasks and duties. Within this educational model, a specific program for physical training is developed, that aims to provide systematic development and improvement of the basic biomotor skills within the field of martial arts. For the purpose of this study, the physical training program was tested in order to gain insights into the acquired changes and transformations of the basic biomotor abilities of the police officer candidates. Based on the analysis results of the applied statistical procedures, it was established that during the one year police officer course, positive changes of the biomotor structure of the candidates have occurred, but still, in order to meet the educational and professional quality criteria, it is necessary that the majority of candidates gain more points in the tests for bio-motor skills. Keywords: police education, police officer candidates, physical training, biomotor skills, descriptive statistical analysis