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May 23, 2025
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CRMJ 1520 - Law Enforcement Operations
This course is an in-depth study of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, their characteristics and structure and their role in society. This course begins with a historical look at the development of police organizations in the United States. It continues with a study of the modern police force including selection and training of officers, patrol functions, conducting investigations within a constitutional framework, use of specialized units to combat crime and community-oriented policing. Students analyze police use of force as well as ethical decision-making and apply that knowledge to current issues facing the police profession.
Credits: 3
Comments: Prior to Spring 2004, CRMJ 1520 was listed as Police Science II.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of CRMJ 1520 Law Enforcement Operations , the student will:
- Investigate the various functions that law enforcement agencies perform at the local, state, and federal levels.
- Discuss the history of police in the United States.
- Identify the characteristics of police organizations.
- Diagram the structure of police organizations.
- Identify crime detection techniques utilized by law enforcement.
- Discuss the importance of the selection process in law enforcement agencies.
- Evaluate the importance of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments to police investigations.
- Examine the responsibilities of the patrol division, investigations, and other specialized units of a law enforcement organization
- Evaluate why the authority to use force is critical to the police role.
- Discuss the meaning of police discretion.
- Analyze approaches to controlling police corruption or misconduct.
- Apply ethical decision-making processes to fact-based situations.
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