LAW250 - Crime Prevention and Community Policing

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Subject Title
Crime Prevention and Community Policing

Subject Description
Community oriented policing is a strategy for forging partnerships between police services and local communities. The community will participate in identifying issues of local concern and in helping find solutions. The police are the driving force behind establishing public safety and play a coordinating role in mobilizing the active participation of citizens, community groups and government agencies in developing and implementing measures for safety and security in local communities. The success of the strategy depends upon police officers and local communities having the flexibility to analyze, and initiate proactive crime prevention measures.  In this course, students explore the theories and practices of community policing as it exists in Ontario today.  Students learn how to develop and implement community policing measures and practices, along with the technology and techniques used to reduce crime.

Credit Status
This is a credit subject in the Police Foundations diploma program

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1.  Identify how the Trespass to Property Act and the Private Security and Investigative Services Act enhance community policing efforts.
2.  Contrast public policing and private policing in Ontario.
3.  Describe the evolution of Community Based Policing relative to current practices and procedures set out in The Police Services Act
4.   Evaluate special programs such as "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design" (CPTED). 
5.   Assess Community Based Policing initiatives that can be used to assist residential communities or commercial areas
6.   Describe various police designed models for reducing crime and fear of victimization in a diverse community.
7.   Generate strategies to assist victims of crime.

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