Homeland Security / Law Enforcement
Unit 8: Law, Courts, and Procedure
Select a chapter from the table of contents or begin with the first chapter below.
The Selection Process: The Polygraph Examination
Law Enforcement Operations: Defensive Driving
Pursuit Driving
Pursuit Tactics
Other Emergency Response
Law Enforcement Collisions
Psychological Factors
Physiological Factors
Driving Tactics
Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement Driving
Law Enforcement’s Role in Society
Politics and Policing
Scrutiny of the Police
The Concept of Crime
The Legal Definition of Crime
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
The Volume of Crime
The Role of Policing in Society
Mission and Values of Agencies in a Democracy
Goals of Police Departments in a Democracy
Police Discretion
Discretion and Ethics
The Changing Police Bureaucracy
Search and Seizure