LET 230 - The Police Function

1. analyze the relationship between government structure and policing in American society;
2. describe the principal roles and functions of the police in American society and describe the relationship between the police and the law;
3. describe the various types of police departments and types of police officers commonly found in policing;
4. identify the agencies found at the federal, state, and local levels of policing and describe the role and function of each;
5. trace the history of policing from ancient times to the modern era;
6. describe the major components of policing in modern America;
7. describe the elements involved in the police selection process including the AZPOST standards;
8. describe the major components of police officer training and career development programs;
9. describe major organizational theories and relate their application to police administration and policing;
10. describe the major methods of police patrol and describe appropriate patrol strategies and procedures for selected situations;
11. review the history of criminal investigation and describe the processes and procedures appropriate to preliminary and follow-up investigations;
12. describe the role of the police as it relates to traffic enforcement and identify and describe special problems associated with traffic enforcement;  
13. describe the nature of police and administrative discretion and relate criteria involved in the decision to arrest or investigate and report;
14. describe the internal and external mechanisms which influence and control police discretion;
15. describe theoretical perspectives used to analyze the culture of policing;
16. describe major components of policing as a subculture;
17. describe significant job-related issues associated with policing;
18. analyze the role and function of policing I the modern community;
19. describe the future of policing including the impact of technology on police work.