- Explain why an understanding of police history is important
- Identify and discuss the four eras of policing and the reasons why each era began and dissolved
- Discuss the role of constables, watches, slave patrols, and sheriffs during the pre-police era
- Describe how the first police departments in the country operated
- Compare how the reform era of policing differed from the political era
- Discuss why the 1960s were so significant for the police
- Evaluate the critical concepts associated with the community problem-solving era