I am considerate but demanding of your time. A full-time student should spend as much time learning as a full-time worker spends working: 40 hours per week, at least.1 I use that premise to determine how much to ask of you for this course.
During fall and spring semesters, a full credit load is officially 12 credit hours, but I’m “old school” so I consider it 15 hours. This course is 3 credit hours, or 1/5 of the full load. If you divide 40 hours by 5, you get 8. Thus, I expect you to spend 8 hours per week on this course.2 I expect you to spend about this much time per section on average on each of the following:
4 hours for COPS Training Course
6 hours for reading
3 hours for Annotation
3 hours for creating your Infoposter
There are eight sections in this course; two weeks per section for a total of 16 weeks. Each section has the same assignment types: COPS training courses; Infoposters; and Annotations:
In fall and spring semesters, those are due at 11:59 pm every other Sunday.
In summer semesters, those are due at 11:59 pm every Sunday.
Weeks 1 & 2 of Semester: Foundations of Community Policing
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 3 & 4 of Semester: Community Partnerships
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 5 & 6 of Semester: Data and Analysis
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 7 & 8 of Semester: Ethics and Integrity
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 9 & 10 of Semester: School/Campus Safety
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 11 & 12 of Semester: Homeland Security
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 13 & 14 of Semester: Violent Crime
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Weeks 15 & 16 of Semester: Nonviolent Crime
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 1 of Semester: Foundations of Community Policing
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 2 of Semester: Community Partnerships
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 3 of Semester: Data and Analysis
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 4 of Semester: Ethics and Integrity
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 5 of Semester: School/Campus Safety
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 6 of Semester: Homeland Security
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 7 of Semester: Violent Crime
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Week 8 of Semester: Nonviolent Crime
Submit COPS Training Course Certificate; Infoposter; and Annotation
Section | COPS Training Courses | Infoposter Selected Readings | Annotations(see Reader’s Guide page ix-x) |
Foundations of Community Policing | Community Policing Defined | Law Enforcement Best Practices: Lessons Learned from the Field | Foundations: Evolution of Community Policing and Problem Solving |
Community Partnerships | New Perspectives on Community Policing | Lessons to Advance Community Policing: Final Report for 2015 Microgrant Sites | Changing Agency Culture |
Data and Analysis | Applied Evidence-Based Policing Practices: Homicide and Violent Crime Reduction | Conversations with Rural Law Enforcement Leaders: Volume 1 Law Enforcement Solutions By the Field, For the Field: Collaborative Reform Annual Review | Crime Analysis: Technologies and Techniques Evaluation and Assessment |
Ethics and Integrity | Changing Perceptions: A Fair and Impartial Policing Approach | Gender, Sexuality, and 21st Century Policing: Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ+ Community | Training and Curriculum |
School / Campus Safety | P5—Preventing Problems by Promoting Positive Practices | A Preliminary Report on the Police Foundation's Averted School Violence Database Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School Resource Officer - A guide for law enforcement | Supporting Legislation and National Organizations |
Homeland Security | Active Attack Event Response Leadership Preparing for the Unimaginable | Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships to Prevent Violent Extremism Using Community Policing to Counter Violent Extremism: 5 Key Principles for Law Enforcement | Public Safety Issues |
Violent Crime | Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Train-the-Trainer | “What Works” – Selected Strategies and Initiatives | |
Nonviolent Crime | Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Overview | Implementing the Drug Endangered Children Tracking System (DECSYS) Evaluation of the Homeless Outreach Service Team (HOST) Program Break the Cycle: Methamphetamine and Community-Oriented Policing in Indian Country | Future Considerations |