Policing: The Essentials
First Edition
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between the definitions of law enforcement and police.
- Compare the functions of municipal police and county sheriff’s agencies.
- Discuss the wide range of services provided by state-level law enforcement agencies.
- Explain the purpose and functions of federal law enforcement agencies and their respective departments within the federal government system.
- Examine similarities and differences in the types of services provided by private security and police agencies.
- Compare rural and urban police agencies.
- Discuss fragmentation of police service and ways to manage it.