Curriculum Information

In this module, utilising a blended learning approach, the student will gain understanding of professionalism within policing, the associated responsibilities for delivering and maintaining a professional service and standards. 

The student will adopt core principles through exploring, applying, and demonstrating professional approaches to ethics, values, equality, and diversity. In addition, the student will gain understanding of their responsibility to challenge bias, prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping when performing the role of police constable. 

Students will explore personal resilience and management of wellbeing through employment of strategies that foster an awareness of associated considerations of being a member of the police service.  

Using immersive learning, the student will consider vulnerability through discussing key considerations associated with abuse, public protection, suspects, and offenders. 

Through analysis and review of key events and policing practices, the student will explore how community relationships with police can be impacted and improved and community partnerships effectively fostered. Taught sessions will cover the purpose, functions, and principles of policing and how, together, law enforcement agencies deliver a professional service to ensure a safer community.  

Learning will include police powers and key relevant legislation using various methodologies including case studies, role play exercises and ‘live incidents’ in the workplace to cover students correct identification and application together with how an operational constable should exercise these fairly and without bias.