Objective:
The course objective is to provide students an overview of the police and their mission. It examines the evolution of policing as well as methods, issues, and challenges to present-day policing. The course also looks at technology in the service of law enforcement and explores the future of policing.
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the impact that history has had on the current law enforcement system
- Analyze the use of forensic science and criminalistics in the criminal justice system
- Analyze laws as related to policing
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to define terms related to law enforcement
- Examine the organization of law enforcement
- Examine the roles, functions, and styles of policing
- Examine challenges faced by law enforcement
- Appraise the use of technology in policing
- And analyze issues related to policing in foreign countries
General Course Topics:
- Historical development of law enforcement and its agencies
- The police
- The organization of law enforcement
- The patrol function
- Forensic science and criminalistics
- Challenges to policing
- Law and liability
- Police accountability
- Policing issues and trends
- Policing in foreign countries
- Policing and technology
- The future of law enforcement