Particular emphasis is placed on management relationships and supervision. Study of the purposes, methods, types, and means of law enforcement patrol is given. Examination of the functions of the patrol operation and procedures used in patrol, as well as an overview of basic accident investigation is presented. This course presents an overview of investigative techniques and procedures in the criminal justice system. Interviewing, evidence collections, crime scene protection, as well as knowledge of the forensic laboratory are discussed.
Emphasis is placed on the rules of evidence and laws pertaining to the crime being investigated.
This course provides a review of the history of criminal law and its purpose and scope. A view of the whole man in the light of Scripture is also taught. This course may be taken as a social science elective. This course covers the procedures used from the beginning of the investigation of a crime through the outcome of the entire judiciary process. The emphasis is on the procedural process law enforcement officials must use during arrest, investigation, and trial.