Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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LET 1500 - Police Operations
Examines the principles of the patrol function in a contemporary law enforcement organization. Topical focus is to examine the purposes, methods, techniques, and types of patrol. Provides an overview of support services, various police services and public assistance, and analysis of deployment procedures and practices as related to overall mission of police patrol. Instructional goals are teacher directed and learner centered.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: CTAG course: CTBPO Basic Peace Officer
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate various concepts of traffic operations.
- Critically examine contemporary patrol operations.
- Describe changes affecting police operations for the contemporary law enforcement organization and articulate the changing law enforcement officer, changing police bureaucracy, and community role.
- Discuss the relationship of ethics and police liability.
- Examine violence at home, in the classroom, and on the job.
- Explain crime, disorder and quality of life issues from a patrol perspective.
- Explore emergency operations.
- Identify issues that impact the physical and mental health of police patrol officers.
- Identify sources of operational skills required to initiate lawful arrests.
- Understand the role of communication, technological advances in communication, communication problems when policing a diverse community, and obtaining information from a variety of sources.
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