1. Understand the roles, responsibilities and risks of response policing, including public order situations. Knowledge and Understanding
Application.

2. Understand and apply police powers relating to safe and lawful search of people, premises and vehicles.
Knowledge and Understanding
Application
Reflection

3. Demonstrate and apply understanding of policing skills when attending an incident as a first responder including how key agencies work together at scenes of major incidents. Knowledge and understanding, Learning

4.Demonstrate and apply understanding of drink driving legislation and how it relates to road incidents. Knowledge and Understanding
Application
Reflection

5. Understand basic offences contrary to road traffic legislation and apply police processes to small scale incidents.
Knowledge and understanding
Application
Reflection

1. Academic Poster 50%
2. Reflective Diary 50% 2000

1. This assessment will require learners to produce an academic poster that considers one of the below aspects:
-Apply the skills of a first responder to incidents,
- Apply public order legislation in public order situations
- Search a person, vehicle or premises.
- Undertake the role of first responder at the scene of a major incident.
- Carry out checks at road side related incidents.
- Examine vehicles regarding construction and use offences.
- Engage in drink/drug driving investigations
- Apply problem solving processes at small scale incidents and collisions on the road.
This will assess learning outcomes 4, 5

2. The reflective diary will allow the student to critically analyse the application of the response role including being the first responder and the application of powers to search. Students will show understanding of the topic and ability to critically consider how this could be viewed within the concepts of Code of Ethics, National Decision Model and National Intelligence Model. This assessment will address learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.

This module introduces the learner to the role that response policing plays in the delivery of a uniformed, visible police service in a local area. The importance of collaborative working at major scenes and other road policing issues will be examined.


This module incorporates all the learning outcomes and indicative content from the College of Policing, Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship Curriculum for the following areas:
Response Policing;
1.1 to 5.3, 7.1 to 7.3 and, 9.1 to 10.4 inclusive
Roads Policing;
1.1 to 7.7 inclusive

Appendix 1 details all the learning and indicative content covered in this module.

The below is a brief summary of what the content includes:
• Key types of incidents likely to be encountered by response and roads policing
• Understanding how to deal with issues of vulnerability when attending the scene of an incident as a first responder
• Joint operation between emergency services
• Safe and lawful searches of person, vehicle and premises
• Understanding and applying legislation relevant to public order policing
• Concepts of policing the roads and relevant legislation and powers
• The importance of evidence to reduce collisions and serious roads policing offences
• The importance of recording decisions and assessing risk

A blended learning programmes convey the basic principles followed by consolidation in the workplace. During week 1, the knowledge and understanding is expanded on by a series of digitally enables scenarios in a safe learning environment in order that the students can apply the knowledge and understanding within a safe context for those learning outcomes requiring the demonstration of application.

Formative assessment is by means of short knowledge quizzes and simulated practical exercises.

Blackstone’s Police Manuals - available online via the library website or via the following link:
http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com.ezproxy.staffs.ac.uk/

College of Policing APP

Metropolitan Police 2012 After the riots. The final report of the riots Communities and Victims panel.
https://www.slideshare.net/nuzhound/metropolitan-police-service-report-4-days-in-august

Okolo, M. 2014 Police Powers of Stop and Search in England: A Critical Appraisal On The Police Powers of Stop And Search and Its Relationship With Human Rights
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121003195937/http://riotspanel.independent.gov.uk/

Blackboard VLE
University library and associated online learning materials.
Teaching spaces equipped with computer, projector, screen, white boards etc.
Live streaming/recording equipment/software.
Distance learning programme with sufficient IT ability to access
Webinar or other appropriate technology
Sufficient resources for simulated practical scenario and assessment.