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Show Arts, Letters and Science — Police Science Arts, Letters and Science — Police Science Science classes in addition to completing all other college requirements for such a degree. The student seeking an associate degree in Police Science should attempt, whenever possible, to take the lower division "related courses required for a major" and the "recommended courses" for a major in police science. Courses of Instruction 101. Criminal Justice—Purpose, function, and history of the agencies dealing with the administration of criminal justice; survey of criminal procedures; organization of law enforcement agencies; probation, pardon, and parole. A S (3) 106. Criminal Investigation—Duties and problems of investigating officers, use of records, preparing cases for court trial, investigating of major crime. A (3) 109. Traffic Law and Control—Traffic laws on a national, state and local level; traffic control procedures and techniques; traffic education, engineering and enforcement policies; traffic evidence and penalties. A (3) 151. Criminalistics—Handling of evidence in the field; transporting, marking, scientific development, and court presentations. Mechanics of fingerprinting; easts and similar evidence. A W S (3) 203. Criminal Law—Elements of crime against persons, property, and state; penal codes. A S (3) 205. Law of Evidence—Principles and rules applying to evidence; legal effect and weight of various types of evidence; special evidence. A (3) 207. Commercial and Industrial Security-External and internal plant protection and security; confidential personnel investigations; interviewing procedures; detection and locking devices; special commercial problems. A (3) 210. Juvenile Law and Procedure—A study of Utah laws, organizations and procedures dealing with youth. W (3) 302. Police Administration—Current command level problems and trends in police organization and management including personnel management, budgeting, tactics and functioning of line and staff divisions. Prerequisite: Political Science 370. A S (3) 304. Police-Community Relations—Trends of the future role of the police officer in the community and schools; problems involved in inculcating attitudes relative to human relations in the police enterprise; the development of sensitive attitudes of empathy within each individual enforcement officer for his occupational environment. A S (3) 309. Traffic Investigation—Epidemology of motor vehicle accidents, accident investigation techniques; accident reconstruction and cause analysis; special event planning and organization; congestion control; public education; organization and functions of the police traffic division. Prerequisite: Police Science 109. S (3). 312. Civil Problems in Law Enforcement—Analysis of nature and importance of civil problems most commonly encountered by law enforcement officers including origin and jurisdiction of civil actions and courts, general civil procedure, civil responsibility of law enforcement officers, discussion of specific problems areas, and civil liability of police officers. W (3) 406. Special Problems in Law Enforcement—Causes, prevention and techniques for handling riots, strikes, narcotics, prostitution and organized crime; and problems peculiar to this locale. Prerequisite: Police Science Major and permission from the instructor. W (3) 408. Advanced Criminalistics—Methods of scientific analysis, comparisons and identification of physical evidence and its courtroom presentation; comparisons of blood, hair, textile fibers, bullets, guns, fingerprints, dirt, paint, etc. Field problems and projects. W (3) 410. Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure—A study of the dimensions of the laws of arrest, search and seizure according to the latest Supreme Court decisions. W (3) 486. Field Experience Program—The student participates in actual field experience with some local, state, or federal agency on a part-time basis. The student will meet periodically with an advisor to discuss law enforcement problems encountered during the field experience. Students already employed by a law enforcement agency will not be eligible to take this elective course. Registration is only by permission of department director, and the program is restricted to Police Science majors in their junior or senior years. Students will only be allowed to take this course for two quarters. Credit to be arranged (2-4 credits) 499. Police Science Seminar—An investigation of selected law enforcement problems. S (2) 170 171 |