CRIM 206 - Law Enforcement and the Community

Number of Credits: 3
Explore the pros and cons of police recruitment and academy life. Evaluate effective law enforcement leadership qualities, police administration, agency rules and regulations, police growth, and strategic planning to fight crime. Investigate organized crime and human trafficking in the United States. (Spring Term Only) Three hours lecture each week. Three Credits. Three billable hours.

Pre-requisite(s): CRIM 105
Course Topics:
The topics that will reviewed in this course are as follows: The basic model of policing, police recruitment, academy life, police leadership strategic planning, organized crime and human trafficking.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Analyze the hiring practices of police agencies and the quasi-military approach used by police academies. (PG1, PG4)

2. Critique all aspects of police administration dealing with agency rules and regulations. (PG1, PG2)

3. Define leadership and the characteristics of a great leader. (PG1, PG4)

4. Identify the four stages of police growth. (PG3, PG4)

5. Recognize the strategic planning of police departments and how these plans reduce crime. (PG3, PG4)

6. Examine human trafficking in the United States and the role organized crime plays in the trafficking of human beings. (PG1, PG4)