Course Description
A comprehensive examination of the primary police function and its objectives. The course analyzes administrative planning of patrol activities, requirements for their effective execution and the allocation of police patrol strength to such needs and emergencies

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• List and discuss the occupational tasks specific to police patrol
• Explain the police patrol officer job
• Identify and discuss the methods of police patrol
• Describe differential response and directed police patrol strategies
• Discuss the duties of the traffic officer
• Identify the effective number of officers required to properly staff the organization
• List and discuss 2-3 recent developments in police operations
• Identify specialized police operational functions

• Define community and police functions in a macro setting.
• Define the development of relationships between law enforcement organizations and community groups and social agencies.
• Define the key stages of the police agency's unique functions in community support organizations
• Explain the community's response to various police actions and practices.
• Describe the attributes of a successful police-community relations program.
• Identifying and managing conflict and stress in developing community and social agency support
• Describe personal competencies necessary for a police officer in a community policing environment.
• Analyze the framework for community policing.
• Define techniques for working with diverse populations.
• Define the process for building police-community partnerships.
• Identify effective police-community partnerships.

Course Description
Police Organization & Administration. This course is a study of contemporary police principles and practices with an emphasis on accepted administrative methods for achieving law enforcement objectives. Basic organization and administrative decision are approached from the point of view of police chiefs, commanders, and administrators. Decisions concerning personnel, community relations, operations, administration, auxiliary and technical services, budgeting, records, research, and inspection are studied.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Identify the responsibilities of administrator/police executive positions.
• Discuss the general principles of organization and modern management techniques
• Discuss the application of administrative and leadership skills as related to the goals and purpose of police service.
• Discuss the role of communication and ways to enhance the process
• Identify the decision making process involved at various levels of a police organization

• Discuss the purpose and uses of narrative police reports.
• Explain the importance of taking complete field notes during an investigation.
• Explain the purpose of answering the questions, "Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How" when composing a narrative police report and analyze their importance to an investigation.
• Describe the basic elements of an effective narrative police report and illustrate this with a completed report written by the student.
• Illustrate clear, concise, accurate, and grammatically correct use of language with a police report that has been written, proofread and edited by the student.

Course Description
Police problems at the administrative level. Review of inspection and internal control devices. Managerial improvement techniques; completed staff work; records analysis; survey principles; decision- making at various levels; and preparation of administrative, procedural and policy guidelines

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Define traditional organizational theory
• Discuss the concept of scientific management
• Discuss the positive and negative aspects of discipline
• Define the difference between complaints and grievances and the steps to resolve them
• Explain the procedure for a formal evaluation process
• Design and develop an organization chart adhering to current hierarchical structure
• Understand the basics of financial management as it pertains to the police organization
• Discuss record analysis and survey principles as applied to the organization
• Discuss the implementation of policies and procedures to insure accountability and compliance within the organization

• Explain how to determine that a crime or incident has occurred that requires investigation.
• Assess the type of crime that has occurred.
• Describe the steps necessary to successfully conduct an investigation of a crime.
• Demonstrate how to apply the recording, collection, laboratory examination and preservation of physical evidence to the analysis of a crime by providing copies of investigative and lab reports (names and locations blocked out) as well as a diagram of the crime scene/s.
• Illustrate the differences between interviewing and interrogating witnesses by providing copies of statements (oral or written) from witnesses and suspects (names and locations blocked out).
• Prepare the evidence gathered from an investigation for a courtroom trial by providing documents used in the preparation of at least one case (names and locations blocked out).

• Describe how police radar basically works
• Explain the Doppler Principle as it relates to police radar.
• Explain radar operator certification training and recertification training requirements for officers in your agency.
• Summarize the proper set up, test, operation and how to interpret readings from as radar unit.
• What is a "Double Bounce Error" and a "Vehicle Interference Error" when operating police radar and how are these errors handled during a radar operation.

• Describe the major components of the criminal justice system.
• Discuss the policies and practices of police, courts, and corrections organizations.
• Explain how crime is defined and measured.
• Define the various types of American law.
• Identify the various critical issues facing the criminal justice system.

• Discuss the legal distinction between the authority of the police versus private security personnel.
• Explain how "probable cause" would apply to a store security officer detaining and searching a shoplifting suspect.
• Discuss criteria that must be present for a for a private security officer to make a legal arrest. How does the criteria differ from a police officer making a legal arrest?
• Distinguish between civil liability and criminal liability as it relates to private security personnel.
• Why would civil liability apply to private security personnel actions against store customers and/or employees, which are considered excessive and unreasonable?

• Differentiate between "traffic laws" and "rules of the road" and discuss how each facilitates the orderly and timely flow of traffic.
• Compare and contrast the differences between traffic regulations and procedures as applied to cars and trucks traveling the same roadways.
• Summarize the differing roles of State and Federal agencies, other than the police, in motor vehicle traffic control.
• Identify and explain techniques and patrol methods used by police to deter traffic violations and reduce motor vehicle accidents providing at least two examples.
• Examine the fundamentals of a motor vehicle crash investigation and the responsibilities of the investigating officer at the scene.