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Learning Objectives

16-1:  Discuss the changing context of policing in America.

16-2:  Identify some of the ongoing and strategic changes of police departments.

16-3:  Describe the likely roles to be played by police agencies with respect to terrorism in the future.

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The importance of police oversight
This video discusses the need for police oversight, especially in light of recent excessive force cases.

1. Why is oversight important?
2. How can oversight be accomplished?

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Midwest City police using social media to help catch criminals
This video discusses a local police agency's innovative use of social media to help fight crime.

1. How is this agency using social media to fight crime?
2. What have been the effects of this strategy?
3. What are implications for other agencies and use of technology?

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NYPD's Union Rift Confronted by a Wider Shift in Leadership Style
This NPR story discussed police union leadership and what strategies are most effective.

1. How does police leadership impact political-police-community relations?
2. What are debates surrounding police leadership in New York?
3. What are effective and ineffective leadership strategies in policing?