1. What are the various policing agencies? How do policing agencies differ at the federal, state, and local levels?
2. Please describe the police agencies that are not federal agencies and explain what are the differences between the two.
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of leaving the primary responsibility for police protection to local governments versus the federal or state government
4. What is the civil service system? How does the civil service system fit into the overall outlook of the policing system and the criminal justice system?
5. Compare the criteria between the civil service system and police officers.
6. What are the roles of police? How does the law dictate their roles and functions?
7. Research the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment. In what way did the experiment change patrol in Kansas City? Do you agree with the patrol methods used? Why or why not?
8. What are the various policing agencies? How do policing agencies differ at the federal, state, and local levels?
Weekly summary in approximately 150-200 words, share what you learned during the week and tell how it relates or could relate to you and/or someone employed in the criminal justice field. What did you find particularly useful, interesting, challenging, or thought provoking?