Module Descriptors
PROFESSIONALISING RESPONSE
FORE50344
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Leanne Savigar-Shaw
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 26
Independent Study Hours: 124
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- Coursework - literature review (2000 words) weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Outcomes
1.Analyse and review policing incidents in which ethical considerations have been crucial to the decision-making process involved in the response.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
3) Enquiry
4) Analysis
5) Problem Solving
2. Critically analyse the role of the police at high profile major incidents.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
3) Enquiry
4) Analysis
5) Problem Solving
3. Understand and examine specific challenges faced by response officers in complex response situations including firearms incidents.
3) Enquiry
4) Analysis
7) Application
4. Demonstrate understanding of roads policing strategies.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
7) Application
5. Demonstrate understanding of legislation in relation to complex road investigations and commercial vehicle enforcement.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
7) Application
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
3) Enquiry
4) Analysis
5) Problem Solving
2. Critically analyse the role of the police at high profile major incidents.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
3) Enquiry
4) Analysis
5) Problem Solving
3. Understand and examine specific challenges faced by response officers in complex response situations including firearms incidents.
3) Enquiry
4) Analysis
7) Application
4. Demonstrate understanding of roads policing strategies.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
7) Application
5. Demonstrate understanding of legislation in relation to complex road investigations and commercial vehicle enforcement.
1) Knowledge and Understanding.
2) Learning
7) Application
Module Additonal Assessment Details
Students will be required to complete one summative assessment at the end of the semester.
A 2000 words literature review. Students to review the literature surrounding the policies and practices applicable to the police response to a high profile, UK major incident that involves the criminal use of the roads. Providing an accurate summary and explanation of the current state of knowledge in that policing area. Linked to learning outcome 1-5.
A 2000 words literature review. Students to review the literature surrounding the policies and practices applicable to the police response to a high profile, UK major incident that involves the criminal use of the roads. Providing an accurate summary and explanation of the current state of knowledge in that policing area. Linked to learning outcome 1-5.
Module Indicative Content
The module will build on the knowledge from the level 4 module, Introduction to Response, and will enable the student to meet the above learning outcomes.
In this module students will study the law, theory and practice of relevant legislation. They will also study national policing policy and guidance which focuses on how the UK professionally identify and ethically respond to a variety of major and critical incidents. Students will also examine how the police service works with the other emergency services.
They will also examine how the police respond to developing challenging situations for example knife crime and street gang culture. They will also examine the how the police respond to and make decisions in developing firearms situations.
The issue of a person’s vulnerability and how this is recognised and may impact on the appropriateness of the police response will also be explored.
Students will also examine how the UK road network is policed strategically and safely including obtaining an understanding of the legislation relating to complex road investigations and commercial vehicle enforcement. They will obtain an understanding of how to identify and disrupt specific criminality facilitated by the roads network.
This module will cover:
• Situational and environmental factors which may affect vulnerable people and the different approaches to support them
• High-profile, critical and major incidents that inform best policing practice
• The role of police within joint emergency services operations
• Specific challenges faced by response officers in complex situations
• Police powers in relation to commercial vehicle enforcement
• Problem solving processes for incidents and collisions on the roads
• Criminal activities facilitated by the roads network and police tactics for disruption
College of Policing curriculum content:
Vulnerability and risk – 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Response policing – 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8
Policing the roads – 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
In this module students will study the law, theory and practice of relevant legislation. They will also study national policing policy and guidance which focuses on how the UK professionally identify and ethically respond to a variety of major and critical incidents. Students will also examine how the police service works with the other emergency services.
They will also examine how the police respond to developing challenging situations for example knife crime and street gang culture. They will also examine the how the police respond to and make decisions in developing firearms situations.
The issue of a person’s vulnerability and how this is recognised and may impact on the appropriateness of the police response will also be explored.
Students will also examine how the UK road network is policed strategically and safely including obtaining an understanding of the legislation relating to complex road investigations and commercial vehicle enforcement. They will obtain an understanding of how to identify and disrupt specific criminality facilitated by the roads network.
This module will cover:
• Situational and environmental factors which may affect vulnerable people and the different approaches to support them
• High-profile, critical and major incidents that inform best policing practice
• The role of police within joint emergency services operations
• Specific challenges faced by response officers in complex situations
• Police powers in relation to commercial vehicle enforcement
• Problem solving processes for incidents and collisions on the roads
• Criminal activities facilitated by the roads network and police tactics for disruption
College of Policing curriculum content:
Vulnerability and risk – 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Response policing – 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8
Policing the roads – 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Module Learning Strategies
13 x 2h interactive lectures/seminars to convey principles, facts, academic and developing professional policing guidance and practice in relation to police incident response and more complex roads policing issues. (Non-contact independent study will be directed to reading lecture notes and the literature to support knowledge and understanding, formative guidance will be provided to assist students in the selection of a suitable subject for the literature review assessment and support in how to write the literature review. This will link in with the Research Methods module which also develops academic practice.
Formative feedback will be through submission of a draft literature review plan and through in-lecture discussions and debates.
Formative feedback will be through submission of a draft literature review plan and through in-lecture discussions and debates.
Module Texts
Blackstone’s Police Manuals - available online via the library website or via the following link:
http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com.ezproxy.staffs.ac.uk/
Additional reading available from the online reading list.
http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com.ezproxy.staffs.ac.uk/
Additional reading available from the online reading list.
Module Resources
Adequately resourced Library, class room with provision for power point and other visual presentation, white board.
Blackboard VLE
Blackboard VLE
Web Descriptor
The module will build on the knowledge from the level 4 module, Introduction to Response, and will enable the student to meet the above learning outcomes.
In this module students will study the law, theory and practice of relevant legislation. They will also study national policing policy and guidance which focuses on how the UK professionally identify and ethically respond to a variety of major and critical incidents. Students will also examine how the police service works with the other emergency services.
They will also examine how the police respond to developing challenging situations for example knife crime and street gang culture. They will also examine the how the police respond to and make decisions in developing firearms situations.
The issue of a person’s vulnerability and how this is recognised and may impact on the appropriateness of the police response will also be explored.
Students will also examine how the UK road network is policed strategically and safely including obtaining an understanding of the legislation relating to complex road investigations and commercial vehicle enforcement. They will obtain an understanding of how to identify and disrupt specific criminality facilitated by the roads network.
This module will cover:
• Situational and environmental factors which may affect vulnerable people and the different approaches to support them
• High-profile, critical and major incidents that inform best policing practice
• The role of police within joint emergency services operations
• Specific challenges faced by response officers in complex situations
• Police powers in relation to commercial vehicle enforcement
• Problem solving processes for incidents and collisions on the roads
• Criminal activities facilitated by the roads network and police tactics for disruption
In this module students will study the law, theory and practice of relevant legislation. They will also study national policing policy and guidance which focuses on how the UK professionally identify and ethically respond to a variety of major and critical incidents. Students will also examine how the police service works with the other emergency services.
They will also examine how the police respond to developing challenging situations for example knife crime and street gang culture. They will also examine the how the police respond to and make decisions in developing firearms situations.
The issue of a person’s vulnerability and how this is recognised and may impact on the appropriateness of the police response will also be explored.
Students will also examine how the UK road network is policed strategically and safely including obtaining an understanding of the legislation relating to complex road investigations and commercial vehicle enforcement. They will obtain an understanding of how to identify and disrupt specific criminality facilitated by the roads network.
This module will cover:
• Situational and environmental factors which may affect vulnerable people and the different approaches to support them
• High-profile, critical and major incidents that inform best policing practice
• The role of police within joint emergency services operations
• Specific challenges faced by response officers in complex situations
• Police powers in relation to commercial vehicle enforcement
• Problem solving processes for incidents and collisions on the roads
• Criminal activities facilitated by the roads network and police tactics for disruption