Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss how the law has impacted the ways in which police carry out searches
  2. Identify the ethical challenges that police officers face as part of their job duties
  3. Discuss how actions by the police may involve the discriminatory treatment of certain groups in society
  4. List the different types of force used by the police
  5. Describe how police departments establish legitimacy in a community
  6. Identify sources of occupational stress for police officers