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Learning Objective 8.1 Discuss how the law has impacted the ways in which police carry out searches

Video Link: Supreme Court: Police need warrant to search cell phones
Summary: The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that police may not search the cell phones of criminal suspects upon arrest without a warrant.

Audio Link: Top NYPD Cop: Stop-And-Frisk Is Not 'The Problem Or The Solution'
Summary: It's been almost a year since a federal drug struck down the New York City Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy. And now the NYPD is under scrutiny again

Learning Objective 8.2 Identify the ethical challenges that police officers face as part of their job duties

Audio Link: With Corruption Rampant, Good Cops Go Bad In Texas' Rio Grande Valley
Summary: This week, NPR examines public corruption in South Texas. The FBI has launched a task force to clean up entrenched misconduct by public officials in the Rio Grande Valley. In this installment of the series, we hear from a police officer who became a drug dealer

Learning Objective 8.3 Discuss how actions by the police may involve the discriminatory treatment of certain groups in society

Video Link: Is 'driving while black' a systemic problem?
Summary: CNN's Ryan Young takes a closer look at the belief that some drivers are racially profiled and pulled over for no other reason.

Learning Objective 8.4 List the different types of force used by the police

Web Link: Police Use of Force
Summary: National Institute of Justice website that provides an overview of police use of force.

Learning Objective 8.5 Describe how police departments establish legitimacy in a community

Web Link: Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department
Summary: Department of Justice Ferguson Report