Operational Readiness Assessments


Gold Medal Policing

Gold Medal Policing is the end product from the Police Mental Readiness Study—based on work with Olympic athlete. The work was made possible through a cooperative partnership between the University of Ottawa, Ottawa Police Service, City of Ottawa, Canadian Police Research Centre and Institute of Population Health.

Gold Medal Policing features a sample of over 1,000 quotes from exceptional frontline officers used in identifying and classifying a total of:

  • 69 police-specific success skills;
  • 48 major performance blocks that interfere with performance
  • 22 influential factors for optimal police performance.

It is the first time a deep and comprehensive understanding of specific readiness-skills has been exemplified through frontline police excellence. Gold Medal Policing is aimed at strengthening performance, productivity and morale in policing. It was nationally deemed as an indispensable addition to current work in recruitment, career development, e-learning, training and mentoring.

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McDonald, J. (2006). Gold Medal Policing: Mental Readiness and Performance Excellence, New York, NY: Sloan Associate Press.

 

Canadian Police Research Centre (2005-06). Partnership Case Study: A Success Story—Gold Medal Policing, Canadian Police Research Centre Annual Report, p. 32-33.

Scales, L. (2006). Going for Gold, Tabaret: The Magazine of the University of Ottawa, Winter (In press).

Lymburner, K. (2006). Gold Medal Policing, Blue Line Magazine: Canada’s National Law Enforcement Magazine, Dec (In press).


See also

• Show Me the “Gold”—Ottawa Police Service internal bulletin
• Abstract
• OPS Media Release
• UO News Release
• Print media coverage (scanned articles)


Gold Medal Policing can be purchased through:

  • University of Ottawa Main Campus Bookstore
    University Centre
    Ottawa, Ontario,
    Canada, K1N 6N5
    Tel: 613-562-5353 ext. 0
    E-mail: ordrbook@uottawa.ca

  • Canadian Police Research Centre
    National Research Council
    1200 Montreal Road
    Ottawa, Ontario
    Canada, K1A 0R6

     Centre Canadien de recherches policières
    Conseil national de recherches
    1200 chemin Montréal
    Ottawa, Ontario
    Canada, K1A 0R6
    Tel: 613-993-3996
    Fax/Telecopieur: 613-949-3056
    www.cprc.org
    E-mail: Steve.Palmer@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

  • Author: Judy McDonald
    Institute of Population Health—McLaughlin Centre
    One Stewart Street, Room 315
    Ottawa, Ontario,
    Canada, K1N 6N5
    Tel: 613-562-5800 ext. 2360
    Fax/Telecopieur: 613-562-5380
    E-mail: Judy.McDonald@uottawa.ca