This course is designed for persons in the public services to help establish a better understanding of common problems in the community. Emphasis is placed on the public service image, ethnic groups, prejudices, human relations and reactions, crisis areas and confrontations with the public. Responsibilities, techniques and methods of police patrol are the basic components of this course. The aim of the course is to provide the student with the basic knowledge required in handling ordinary police occurrences. A study of traffic management, collision reconstruction, collision factors including law violations and human factors, collision evidence, traffic enforcement techniques and specialization in traffic management.
Emphasis is placed on service to the motoring public.
An overview of the street gang issue. Includes the history of gangs, gang dynamics, criminal activities, identification of specific gang characteristics, cultural differences between gangs, narcotic involvement, and gang philosophy. Emphasis will be on law enforcement involvement, intervention, prosecution, and intelligence. The essential elements of report writing. Actual reports are examined and analyzed and the student prepares reports for examination and evaluation.