Video and Audio Links

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Learning Objectives

2-1:  Identify the influence of English roots of policing on American policing

2-2:  Describe the influence of technology on the evolution of early American policing

2-3:  Summarize the issues facing policing during the Political Era

2-4:  Explain the effect on policing of the changes implemented during the Reform Era

2-5:  Describe the relationship between the social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s and the increased emphasis on research on police effectiveness

2-6:  Identify aspects of the community policing model and problem-oriented policing

2-7:  Evaluate at least three contemporary policing strategies in terms of their effectiveness

2-8:  Describe the challenges facing contemporary police departments

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Vietnam War Protests Speeches and Audios
This History Channel audio recording recounts the police crackdown against anti-war protesters at UC Berkeley in 1964.

  1. What does this recording reveal about police-community relations during the Era of Social Upheaval?

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Wisconsin City Serves as Model for Community Policing
This NPR story follows a police department that actively builds relationships and trust with local communities.

  1. How does this police department build relationship with communities?
  2. What are the challenges and opportunities with this model?
  3. How can other police departments adopt similar community policing strategies?

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Are We Safer?
This PBS Frontline Article reviews the Homeland Security Era, including new policing tactics and tensions with civil liberties.

  1. How can police departments balance counterterrorism efforts with the need to protect civil liberties?

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Can police reform happen in Philadelphia?
This PBS NewsHour video discusses how police killings have harmed relationships with communities and revealed room for reform.

  1. What opportunities for reform in the Philadelphia Police Department are there, according to this video?
  2. How is the current need for reform similar or different from the previous Reform Era?