LE 237 - Community Policing

Credit Hours: .5

This course introduces officers to the philosophy of community policing and suggests tools they may develop to foster and implement this proven approach to crime reduction.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

explain the merits and elements of community policing;
utilize the SARAM system for solving community law enforcement problems:
- S= Scan. Identify the problem;
- A= Analyze. What is the problem’s root cause? Who is impacted?;
- R= Response. What is the department and/or community doing to remedy the problem?;
- A= Assess. Do facts suggest that the response is working? If not, suggest a new approach; and
- M= Maintenance. Has the problem been solved? If not, come up with an alternative solution.
demonstrate Lewin’s change model as a process for correcting a problem by substituting a new way of doing things;
suggest the changes that may be necessary in his or her agency to fully implement community policing; and
illustrate what steps might be taken to persuade community churches, businesses, youth groups, etc. to participate voluntarily in the implementation of community policing.

Year Round (N)