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You are consulting with a large-size police department that has been criticized in the media for its high levels of recent incidents involving police errors in procedure, police misconduct, and revelations of inappropriate use of force. The police department and the police chief have come under extreme criticism from the media, the community and the city officials. On page 127 of Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices is a list of common curriculum implemented in a police academy. Answer each of the following questions pertaining to that curriculum and defend your answers:
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Table 4-3 Topics Included in Basic Training of State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies
|
Topics |
Percentage of Academies with Training |
Median Number of Hours of Instruction |
|
Operations Report writing |
100% |
20 hrs. |
|
Patrol |
99 |
40 Â |
|
Investigations |
99 |
40 Â |
|
Basic first aid/CPR |
99 |
24 Â |
|
Emergency vehicle operations |
97 |
40 Â |
|
Computers/information systems |
58 |
 8  |
|
Weapons/self-defense Self-defense |
 99% |
51 hrs. |
|
Firearms skills |
98 |
60 Â |
|
Non-lethal weapons |
98 |
12 Â |
|
Legal Criminal law |
100% |
36 hrs. |
|
Constitutional law |
98 |
12 Â |
|
History of law enforcement |
84 |
4 Â |
|
Self-improvement Ethics and integrity |
100% |
8 hrs. |
|
Health and fitness |
96 |
46 Â |
|
Stress prevention/management |
87 |
 5  |
|
Basic foreign language |
36 |
16 Â |
|
Community policing Cultural diversity/human relations |
 98% |
11 hrs. |
|
Basic strategies |
92 |
 8  |
|
Mediation/conflict management |
88 |
 8  |
|
Special topics Domestic violence |
 99% |
14 hrs. |
|
Juveniles |
99 |
 8  |
|
Domestic preparedness |
88 |
 8  |
|
Hate crimes/bias crimes |
87 |
 4  |
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2006 (February 2009), bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/slleta06.pdf (accessed July 15, 2010), p. 6.
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Peak, K. (2012). Policing America: Challenges and best practices (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education
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