1. Explain the role and responsibilities of response officers at high profile/critical incidents that require joint emergency services involvement.
Knowledge and Understanding, Communication, Reflection

2. Demonstrate understanding and apply enforcement, prevention and disruption activities deployed when policing the roads.
Knowledge and Understanding, Enquiry, Application, Reflection

3. Critically review how occupational culture, human behaviour and public perception can impact on the complexity and challenges of operational policing
Learning, Problem Solving, Reflection

4.Apply police powers in relation to commercial vehicle enforcement
Application, Reflection

1. The poster will assess learning outcome 1.

2. The reflective diary will allow the student to critically analyse the complexity and challenges of roads and response policing activities. Students will show understanding of the topic and ability to critically consider how this could be viewed within theories of psychology of human behaviour and occupational culture. This assessment will address learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4.

This module enhances the learner’s understanding of the complexities and challenges of operational policing including the policing of the roads.


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 5.4 inclusive
Policing the Roads
1.1 to 5.3 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:
• Illustrate how theories and principles of psychology and human behaviour, including occupational culture, integrity and corruption, can be applied in various response contexts.
• Consider the roles and responsibilities of the response officer at the scene of high profile and critical incidents.
• Analyse the role of the police within a joint emergency services operation
• Apply police powers in relation to commercial vehicle enforcement
• Consider criminal activity on road networks and how this can be prevented and disrupted.
• Consider the policing of the strategic road network
• Explain roles and responsibilities of personnel involved in police pursuits, and the types of vehicle

Formative assessment will be provided by feedback on the reflective diary.

Blackboard VLE
University library and associated online learning materials.
Teaching spaces equipped with computer, projector, screen, white boards etc.
Live streaming/recording equipment/software.