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Apr 19, 2024
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CRJ 110 - Patrol Procedures
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2019
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Course Description:
This course is designed for students majoring in criminal justice. Topics include the organizational structuring and management within law enforcement agencies, community policing, procedures including traffic investigations, developing and handling informants, and interview/interrogation techniques. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the concepts, which is a skill that should be beneficial in criminal justice careers.This course is designed for students majoring in criminal justice. Topics include the organizational structuring and management within law enforcement agencies, community policing, procedures including traffic investigations, developing and handling informants, and interview/interrogation techniques. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the concepts, which is a skill that should be beneficial in criminal justice careers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/Face to face, Online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for
Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: Course Materials: $25.00
Common Course Assessment(s): none
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the historical foundations of American policing.
- Analyze the various types of law enforcement agencies which exist within the American criminal justice system.
- Explain the typical organizational structure and function of American police agencies.
- Compare and contrast contemporary crime prevention strategies employed by American police agencies.
Objectives:
- Understand police operations in context.
- Explore the world of police communications as a foundation.
- Understand police operational skills.
- Explore patrol as the backbone of police operations
- Discuss policing in a country on the move.
- Explore interrogation and interviewing techniques.
- Understand juvenile justice and its impact on society.
- Discuss two national threats: gangs and drugs
- Explore keeping fit for duty and its impact on the job.
- Discuss police ethics and liability issues.
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