Course | Madison College Outline of Instruction

10504165Community Policing Strategies

Course Information

Description

Identifies principles, techniques and behaviors that promote community service and effective interaction with a multi-cultural, multiethnic society. Also identifies principles and techniques of decision-making and problem-oriented policing. Explores the principles and techniques of crime prevention. Meets LESB performance objectives.

Total Credits

Course Competencies

Explore the evolution of community policing

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you identify when "modern" policing began

you explain when Sir Robert Peel's principles emphasize

you explain the three eras of policing

you recognize what the professional model of policing emphasizes

you identify some common types of crime prevention programs

you summarize community policing
Examine the role of the police

Assessment Strategies

in a classroom discussion

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you explain what a mission statement is

you summarize how police spend the majority of their time

you identify how law enforcement agencies have traditionally been organized

you examine how the makeup of the police force has changed in recent years

you examine a negative contact
Examine the community

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you explain what a social contact is

you summarize community

you identify what the broken window phenomenon refers to

you examine the power structures that exist within a community

you distinguish between the medical model and justice model viewing of criminals

you summarize restorative justice
Examine problem-oriented policing and problem solving

Assessment Strategies

in a classroom discussion

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you identify who is credited with originating problem-oriented policing

you summarize what problem solving requires police to do

you explain the first step in Goldstein's problem-oriented policing model

you reproduce the four stages of problem solving used in the SARA model

you summarize crime-specific planning
Interpret community policing

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you identify what basic changes are required in making the transition to community-oriented policing

you explain what a department's vision statement should include

you identify what a strategic plan includes

you summarize the common pitfalls in making the transition to a community policing philosophy
Analyze basic interpersonal skills - one-on -one

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you explain how a person's world-view is largely created

you summarize what police officers must recognize in themselves

you summarize empathy

you explain why police officers may have more barriers to communicate than other professionals

you examine the four-minute barrier

you recognize what networking is and how it works
Identify diversity and community policing

Assessment Strategies

in a classroom discussion

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize ethnocentrism

you explain the three schools of thought on what happens when more than one culture inhabits the same territory

you identify the types of diversity found in the United States

you examine the one main barrier frequently associated with ethnic/racial diversity

you summarize racism

you summarize racial profiling

you explain how religious diversity affects community policing

you recognize the three basic socio-economic classes and what they are based upon

you summarize poverty syndrome

you examine bias or hate crimes
Examine disabilities and the elderly

Assessment Strategies

in a classroom discussion

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you recognize the most important guideline for interacting with individuals with disabilities

you identify what disabilities police officers might frequently encounter

you recognize how epilepsy can mimic intoxication or a drug high

you reproduce the four civil criteria for detainment and committment of the mentally ill in Wisconsin

you explore the behaviors of Alzheimer's sufferers have that may bring them in contact with the police

you examine the Alzheimer's disease resembles to intoxication
Illustrate building bridges with youths and gang members

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize the three kinds of youths that are combined into one "jurisdictional pot"

you contrast how a welfare model and a justice model differs and explains which is most often currently used

you summarize what the Big Ds of juvenile justice are

you explain the special needs that youths have that police officers should be familiar with

you summarize what factors contribute to teen violence

you examine what needs are served by street gangs

you identify what can be an effective crime-fighting tool against gangs

you identify why a community might be ambivalent toward gangs
Examine interactions with victims and witnesses

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize how extensive victimization is

you examine how victims may be affected

you identify who is most at risk of being victimized

you recognize elder abuse

you explain the rights victims have in Wisconsin

you summarize the usual police responses to cases of elder abuse
Examine forming partnerships with the media

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize the common goals of the media and the police

you explain why the police-media relationship can be called symbiotic

you recognize which amendment protects "freedom of speech"

you summarize what "off the record" really means

you analyse how to enhance the safety of members of the media during explosive situations

you defend the appropriateness and justifiability of lying to the media
Analyze early experiments in crime prevention and the evolution of community policing strategies

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize what the most commonly implemented crime prevention programs traditionally have been

you examine the types of special crime watches that have been used

you identify what a police-school liaison program is and what its dual roles are

you explain what the Commercial Demonstration Project in Portland found

you explore the successfulness of the McGruff national campaign
Recognize violence prevention techniques

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize what causes violence

you explore the three strategies suggested for general violence prevention

you summarize the strategy for each phase suggested by the National Crime Prevention Council

you recognize what cultural diversity issue must be addressed when forming partnership to prevent domestic violence

you explain what the CD-CP Model emphasizes
Explore policing our youth

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

upon achieving a minimum of 70 percent on a written assignment

in a written examination

Criteria

you identify what important group is often overlooked when implementing the community-policing philosophy

you lay out how negative attitudes toward the police can be changed

you summarize what the youth development strategy involves

you explore the GREAT program

you summarize what additional strategies the National Crime Prevention Council recommends
Examine adapting community policing to drug crimes

Assessment Strategies

in classroom discussions

in a written examination

Criteria

you summarize synergism and how it relates to crime prevention efforts

you explain what the Weed and Seed program does

you identify the key to reducing drug abuse

you contrast and compare the conservative and liberal crime control strategies