Patrol Procedures
ADJ-6

• PATROL PROCEDURES   ADJ 6
  ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE

 

• Instructor:  Will Bullington

 

• Instructor Contact:  Since this will be an online course, the best way to contact me is through my college email account at:  bullington@siskiyous.edu
  I don't have an office on campus, so e-mail is the best method to communicate.

 

• Office Hours:  I will be available online on Thursdays from noon to 1 P.M. I can also schedule phone appointments. On-campus support hours can be used to access in-person help from the computer lab assistants on campus.

 

• Number of Units:  This course is three units, transferable to CSU, and non-repeatable.

 

• Class Meeting Times and Location:  This class meets entirely online, using the Etudes online classroom. New lectures and assignments will be posted and available for review each week. This class will begin January 11, 2010 and will end May 20, 2010.

 

• Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Advisories:   This course does not require prerequisites. This is an online Distance Learning Course, so students will require access to a computer, access to the Internet, email, and experience with web browsers. Students should also have a 10th grade reading and writing level.

 

• Required Text and Materials:
  Police Field Operations: Theory Meets Practice
  Michael Birzer and Clliff Roberson, Authors
  Pearson Education, Publisher
  ISBN-10: 0205508286

 

• Course Objectives:

This course is an introduction to the field of patrol procedures in the United States.
Areas of instruction include:
• Apply central issues and strategies used in patrol activities.
• Organize and analyze data so that deployment of patrol, traffic and plainclothes patrol units can be scientifically deployed.
• Analyze cause and effect of efficient patrol techniques so that modern tactics are used in the community.
• Develop techniques for applying human relations to the tasks and procedures of patrol and traffic operations.
• Identify problems and initiate solutions associated with patrol.

Course Content:

• Introduction to Patrol Operations
• Community Policing
• Observation and Perception
• Police Communications
• Basic Patrol Procedures
• Frequently Handled Assignments
• Traffic Direction and Enforcement
• Unusual Occurrences
• Crimes in Progress
• Preliminary Investigations
• Interviews and Interrogations
• Arrest, Search, Custody, and Use of Force
• Reporting and Records
• Officer Survival and Stress Reduction

 

• Grading:
  Students are expected to log into the online "Etudes" class each week, do the reading assignments, participate in class online discussion boards, research papers, and quizzes and tests.Your understanding of the material will be demonstrated through assignments and tests.
  

  Weekly assignments to be announced during the course.
  Extra Credit will be available for a "hands-on" class at the Weed Campus .
  A ride-along with the law enforcement agency of your choise will be a requirement of this course.

  
   
  Grades will be assigned in accordance with the following scale:
  

  90% to 100%	A
  80% to 89%	B
  70% to 79%	C
  60% to 69%	D
  Less than 60%	F

  
   
  
• Support Hour Requirement :  The support hour provides COS students with access to professional assistance, supplemental instruction and remediation opportunities to help improve student success. Supervised support through out Critical Skills Center is offered for reading, writing, information technology, computer competency, and skills other than those related to the Administration of Justice Program. This course requires you to complete assignments which are to be submitted online. The support hour allows you to go to the computer labs on either campus, obtain a computer account, and get the one-on-one help you need. Students should take advantage of the resources available in the campus computer labs. Student use of the support hour will be assessed, as outlined in the grading requirements.
   
  
• Attendance/Withdrawal/Incomplete:  Students are expected to log into the Etudes online course each week. Lectures and assignments will be posted each week. Students are expected to have backup computers available should their primary computer not be accessible.  Computers are available at the campus computer lab.   Students dropping between January 25, 2010 and February 5, 2010 will not receive a "W" on their transcript. It is the student's responsibility to drop the class once you've started. Students who haven't dropped by April 23, 2010 will receive a letter grade. Students may be dropped from the course for failure to log into the Etudes online course for four consecutive weeks. An Incomplete will only be given if academic work is incomplete due to an unforeseeable emergency.
   
  
• Honesty and Plagiarism:  Honesty and integrity is expected in all coursework.  Academic dishonesty will result in zero points for the assignment, and possible dismissal from the class. Plagiarism will not be accepted in any form. Academic dishonesty will result in zero points for the assignment, and possible dismissal from the class.
   
  
• Making Up Missed Work:  Exercise grades will be reduced by two points when turned in late within one week of due date. Exercises will not be accepted for credit eight days or more after the due date.
   
  
• Academic Accommodations:  Students have the right to request reasonable modifications to college requirements, services, facilities or programs if their documented disability imposes an educational limitation or impedes access to requirements, services, facilities or programs. A student with a disability who requests a modification, accommodation, or adjustment is responsible for requesting necessary accommodations by identifying himself/herself to the instructor and, if desired, to the Disabled Student Services (DSS) office Eddy Hall 1.  Students with a print disability--a visual limitation or reading difficulty that limits access to traditional print materials--may request printed materials in alternate media.  Examples of alternate media formats include electronic format (e.g., text on CD), Braille, tactile graphics, audiotape, and/or large print.  Students can make alternate media requests through the Disabled Student Services (DSS) Eddy Hall 1,  938-5297.  Students who consult or request assistance from DSS regarding specific modifications, accommodations, adjustments, alternate text or use of auxiliary aids will be required to meet timelines and procedural requirements established by the DSS office.
   
  
• Date and Time of Final Exam:  Passing the final exam is a requirement of this course. The final exam will be online during the final week of this course.
   
  

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to:  Will Bullington

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