POL6002 - Advanced Professional Practice

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to (in respect of their chosen specialism (response, community or investigation)):
1. Identify the wider context in which the police operate, emerging issues and strategic drivers which impact on their specialism;
2. Identify specific challenges and/ or complexities with their specialism and how this affects them in their role;
3. Describe the skills and behaviours to be effective in their specialist role;
4. Recognise how communication strategies are used in policing and the part that both the media and social media has within those;
5. Be able to apply reflective practice to their chosen area to inform their future practice.

Content:

Students will have chosen their police specialism at this stage and so will have opportunity to attend teaching around either response policing, community policing or investigative policing.

Response Policing:
In this pathway students will learn about specific challenges faced by response officers in more complex response situations and contexts; key social, political and strategic drivers impacting upon contemporary response policing; and strategies for how those involved in response policing can remain effective in an increasingly challenging environment.

Community Policing:
In this pathway students will learn about a range of problem-solving approaches that can be applied to reduce community tension and promote community cohesion; key emerging issues, problems or concerns faced by the community; and the impact of potential challenges to community policing and the future role of the community constable.

Investigative Policing:
In this pathway students will learn the knowledge and skills required to conduct complex investigations; the intricacies associated with victim and witness care during a complex investigation; professional considerations relevant to specific complex investigations; complex victim/ witness and suspect interviewing; liaising with specialists in relation to complex live (or cold) cases; and how to ensure the well-being and resilience of the investigative team and self during a complex investigation.

In addition, all students will learn the principles and processes of an effective communication strategy and how to use social media as a means of informing and engaging with the community and promoting policing initiatives.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Utilising the pre live post model, students will have preparation for the taught element, with a focused lecture-based input and discussion, allowing for the development and exploration of ideas. This will be followed by additional self-directed learning to enhance their initial teaching.

Lectures (Communication content)
Hours: 36
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 164

Further details relating to assessment
Students are required to give a press conference briefing, followed by a question and answer session, equating to 20 minutes in total.

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Kevin Pickles
Level - 6
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NOT APPLICABLE
Semester(s) Offered - 6P118

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