Since the early 1980s, the principles of community policing have been a driving force in American law enforcement. Yet for all its past success, community policing may never have been as vital to law enforcement and the well-being of our communities as it is today. Exploring how emerging issues are necessitating a commitment to the key components of community policing, this course focuses on partnerships, organizational transformation, and problem solving.
The course examines the current state of policing—both locally and nationally—addressing a multitude of factors that challenge the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies and the well-being of the communities they serve. CPIPEBT urges learners to explore the principles and practices of community policing as a means of achieving the public safety mission with greater efficiency by gaining and maintaining public trust and engaging the community in the shared responsibility of effective policing.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify current and emerging challenges in policing
- Review the principles of community policing
- Identify current policing paradigms
- Explain the historical evolution of community policing
- Explain the community policing principles of partnerships, problem solving, and organizational transformation
- Identify current and emerging obstacles to implementing positive initiatives that promote effective policing
- Apply strategies for sustaining improvements to the challenges of policing in effort to view each as an opportunity for change
- Identify the principles of community policing as actionable and vital practices for keeping effective change in place
- Apply the principles of community policing to the improvement of public safety at the community level
Classroom – In-Person or Virtual Course
16 to 24 learning hours
Self-Paced Online Course
6 learning hours