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Learning Objective 7.1 Discuss the three eras of policing

Video Link: See How Technology is Revolutionizing Modern Policing
Summary: Policing is rapidly changing with the advent of new technology.

Learning Objective 7.2 Identify the different types of police organizations

Web Link: Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Website for the Department of Homeland Security

Learning Objective 7.3 Discuss the history of women in policing

Web Link: How more female police officers would help stop police brutality
Summary: Article discusses the positive outcomes of having more women in policing.

Learning Objective 7.4 Explain the importance of racial and ethnic diversity in policing

Video Link: 25 Years Later: How the Rodney King Beating ‘Banished’ the Baton From the LAPD Arsenal
Summary: When the video of Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney G. King shocked the world 25 years ago, the baton quickly became a symbol of law enforcement abuse.

Audio Link: Strife In Ferguson Focuses Microscope On Police Diversity
Summary: Melissa Block talks with Capt. Tracie Keesee, co-founder of the Center for Policing Equity at UCLA, about efforts to diversify police forces nationwide, the impact that diversity has on communities and the challenges in recruiting minorities to the profession.

Learning Objective 7.6 Distinguish between the various strategies and tactics of policing

Audio Link: Community Policing Doesn't Sit Well With Everyone, Former Prosecutor Says
Summary: NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a former NYPD officer and prosecutor, who says not everyone agrees on how police should work.