Maricopa Community Colleges  AJS288AA   19982-20044 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/25/97
AJS288AA 19982-20044 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Community Policing
Methods for incorporating community-oriented policing into the police environment. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
AJS288AA   19982-20044 Community Policing
1. Describe the history of policing and the reasons for police in our government/society. (I)
2. Describe the historic events that led to community policing. (I)
3. Define community policing and describe how it fits into today's policing environment. (II)
4. Describe community policing as used by specific police organizations. (III)
5. Describe the elements that are necessary to make community policing successful. (IV)
6. Describe the philosophy, structure, training, and the role of the community in a community policing department. (IV)
7. Describe problem solving as a tool in community policing. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
AJS288AA   19982-20044 Community Policing
    I. The evolution of modern policing
        A. The history of police in America
        B. Why we are what we are today
      II. What is "community policing"?
          A. Definition/s
          B. What is it, really?
          C. How does it fit into today's policing
        III. Are you really doing community policing, and how would you know?
          IV. How can it happen in my department?
              A. Top-down and bottom-up changes: the philosophy
              B. Structure
              C. Training
              D. The community and its role
            V. Problem solving as a tool
                A. Definition
                B. S.A.R.A.
                C. Benefits/barriers
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