10504180Internship
Course Information
Description
Integrates learned classroom theory and skills with real-life experience under the direct supervision of police practitioners. Students are placed within a police agency to interact, observe and participateto a limited degreewith practitioners during the performance of their regular duties. Each student receives intense one-on-one instruction in developing useful police reports based on field experience.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Assemble material to apply to an agency for an eighteen week internship
    Assessment Strategies
    at the agency's location
    Criteria
    you acquire an internship interview with an agency

  2. Participate with the agency in the selection process
    Assessment Strategies
    At the target agency's location
    Criteria
    you complete interview with the target agency successfully

  3. Explore how policing or other related field fits the intern's aptitude and ability
    Assessment Strategies
    In a note book
    updated weekly
    Criteria
    you examine the mission of the organization
    you evaluate the tasks involved in the intern's agency
    you summarize tasks in written form

  4. Examine skills that are necessary for a career in policing or other related occupation
    Assessment Strategies
    In a notebook
    Updated weekly
    Criteria
    you categorize skill involved in the various agency tasks the you performs
    you compose a report of daily activities

  5. Compare how different work stations influence the agency's main objective
    Assessment Strategies
    In the classroom
    in a weekly meeting
    by discussion
    Criteria
    you complete activities at various work stations
    you compare different jobs with the agency's main objective
    you critique the importance of each role in the agency's mission statement

  6. Identify the influence of community expectations to the department
    Assessment Strategies
    In the classroom
    In a group discussion
    Criteria
    you articulate three or four examples of political influence on the agency's operation
    you choose three or four examples of cooperation/non-cooperation between the agency and the community

  7. Demonstrate productive work habits
    Assessment Strategies
    by a mid-term and final evaluation
    filled out by the host agency
    returned to the internship instructor
    Criteria
    you work according to the assigned schedule
    you are prompt at meeting expectations
    you demonstrate enthusiasm, drive and general good attitude toward work and completing assignments
    you follow directions
    you demonstrate accuracy in work
    you demonstrate a continual desire to learn
    you exhibit good grooming and personal hygiene

  8. Summarize the impact of goals and management on the organization
    Assessment Strategies
    In the classroom
    in a group discussion
    Criteria
    you analyze the relationship between the management positions and the purpose of the agency