Theory of Operative Police Cognition in the System of Police Sciences

Abstract

The personnel of the Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava (the highest police educational institution in Slovakia) are systematically and purposefully involved in the constitution process of police sciences. The Criminal Police Department, with its theory of operative police cognition, tries to fulfil the gap that police theory and police practice continuously bring. Theory of operative police cognition comes from identified needs that were verified through applied research (carried out in 2011 and 2012). The results of research were published in the final report (1) and scientific monograph (2). The authors of this contribution suggest that attention should be paid to the police processes that are permanently conducted in a police reality, where each spheres of this reality have their own typical processes as a main distinguish feature.