CJE 3361 - Management of Specialized Law Enforcement Units

College of Public Safety Administration

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2005 (345)

Requisites

Admission to Public Safety Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (PSA-BAS)

Course Description

This course will provide the student an opportunity to explore and understand specialized facets of law enforcement service delivery. The student will focus on agency implementation of public safety, crime reduction, and/or community relation initiatives, evaluating program effectiveness and community impact. This process will enhance the student’s ability to research program needs, examine budgetary requirements for implementation, and measure the program’s effectiveness from a viability standpoint.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the organizational structure of a modern urban police organization and the requirement of specialty units in meeting mission objectives by:
    1. researching and evaluating program services of urban police agencies.
    2. discussing the value of the units which provide service to the community as compared with those designed to support the agency.
    3. discussing the formulation of a specialized unit mission statement.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the function of community-oriented policing by:
    1. identifying the historical and contemporary concepts of community-oriented policing.
    2. describing the evaluation of a community-oriented law enforcement program.
    3. researching community need and determining the potential for unique community-oriented initiatives.
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the administrative and operational differences between reactive and proactive policing utilizing both covert and overt methodology by:
    1. defining the difference between reactive and proactive requirements of public safety delivery.
    2. evaluating specialized units by comparing the proactive and reactive, and the covert and overt aspects of each.
    3. discussing the effectiveness of specialized enforcement programs from a crime suppression or prevention standpoint.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of support units within a law enforcement agency by:
    1. describing specialized units within a police agency that exist solely to support operational components of the agency.
    2. discussing of the overall effectiveness of these units and the feasibility of outsourcing the functions.
  5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the administrative and human resource responsibilities of staffing specialized units within a law enforcement agency by:
    1. researching selection methods for staffing specialized support and operational units.
    2. evaluating training requirements of specific departmental components.
    3. discussing support requirements of specialized units to include equipment, technology, and administration support.
    4. discussing budget requirements of special programs.
    5. researching statistical evaluation of special unit effectiveness and applying that measurement to departmental goals and community expectations.
    6. discussing retention issues affecting unit function and management.
  6. The student will demonstrate an understanding of contemporary issues confronting the administration and operation of specialized law enforcement units by:
    1. evaluating community acceptance of specialized units.
    2. researching the use of civilian positions in support unit operations.
    3. researching national issues and trends for use in determining current issues which have an impact on service delivery by law enforcement agencies.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

(submitted as 4304, SCNS approved as 3361). 3 Year Review 2008.
C&I Approval: 09/14/2004, BOT Approval: 10/19/2004, Effective Term: Spring 2005 (345)

Related Programs

  1. Public Safety Administration (PSA-BAS) (655) (Active)