1. Explain key definitions in public protection and analyse the links between public protection and serious and organised crime

2. Evaluate and examine the police role at major incidents and the effectiveness of joint emergency service working

3. Compare volume and priority crime with serious and complex crime and explain the differing intelligence requirements

4. Evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches in supporting or managing vulnerable people or people at risk of harm

5. Explain counter terrorism structures and the links between terrorism and other forms of criminality

Students will be given topics to research and will take part, in small groups, in a critical discussion around those topics. They will need to provide logical arguments and weigh up positives and negatives to those arguments. They will be marked during the discussion on their contribution showing knowledge and understanding, evidence of research, application of theories, and evaluation.

This assessment will address learning outcomes 1,2,3,4,5

This module focuses on five areas of policing which demonstrate the complexity of the policing landscape; public protection, response policing, police investigation, vulnerability and risk, and counter terrorism. Students will learn about different types of abuse including cultural considerations, the impact the media can have on serious crime investigation strategies, how emergency services work together at the scene of a major incident and the difference influences on police investigations. They will also evaluate case studies to assist understanding of complexity.



This module will cover:

Key definitions, legislation and guidance associated with public protection policing

The breadth of abuse incidents

The links between serious and organised crime and public protection

The effect of media coverage on public protection strategy

The role of the police at major incidents including those involving other emergency services

Examples of high profile critical and major incidents

The difference between ‘volume and priority’ crime and ‘serious and complex’ crime

The roles and processes associated with conducting complex investigations including intelligence requirements

The intricacies associated with victim and witness care during complex investigations

The range of specialists who may be involved in complex investigations

The different approaches for supporting vulnerable people

The organisational structures within counter terrorism policing

Key legislation relevant to counter terrorism policing

Counter terrorism operations and the impact on front-line policing

Links between terrorism and other forms of criminality



College of policing curriculum content:
Public Protection – 1.2, 1.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Response Policing – 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5
Police investigations – 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Vulnerability and Risk – 8.6, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Counter Terrorism – 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
Policing communities – 1.6

This module focuses on five areas of policing which demonstrate the complexity of the policing landscape; public protection, response policing, police investigation, vulnerability and risk, and counter terrorism.

Learning for this module will be based around students committing a total of¿200¿hours, split between¿26¿hours of direct contact with a tutor and¿174¿hours of directed study. Students will be taught in a mixture of lectures and tutorial sessions, each having¿either a two-hour lecture or¿a¿one-hour¿whole group lecture per week and a¿one-hour¿smaller group tutorial session per week.¿ In the lectures, students will be introduced to the general concepts and theories.¿ Tutorials will be linked to the lecture and involve subjects for discussion and case studies.¿¿The purpose of the smaller group sessions is to help students assess their understanding of a topic and to develop their analytical skills.¿

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Formative assessment will include feedback during class discussions and debates.

ACPO (2006)¿Murder Investigation Manual.¿Available at:¿http://library.college.police.uk/docs/APPREF/murder-investigation-manual-redacted.pdf



College of Policing (2020)¿Major Investigation and Public Protection.¿Available at:¿https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/major-investigation-and-public-protection/?s=



Home Office (2011) CONTEST: The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/97994/contest-summary.pdf



NPCC (2017)¿Policing Vision 2025.¿Available at:¿https://www.npcc.police.uk/documents/Policing%20Vision.pdf¿



O’Neill, M. (2018)¿Key Challenges in Criminal Investigation.¿Bristol: Policy Press



Spiller, K. (2017) ‘What does terrorism look like? University lecturers’ interpretation of their Prevent duties and tackling extremism in UK universities’, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 11(1), pp. 130-150. Available at: https://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.staffs.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1080/17539153.2017.1396954¿