1. Rights guaranteed by 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments to the US Constitution.
2. Origin of duties of the County Sheriff.
3. Sir Robert Peel and his contribution to modern policing.
4. The findings of the Kansas City Experiment.
5. COMPSTAT, Broken Windows and Quality of Life offenses.
6. Definitions of the exclusionary rule, the good faith exception and the fruit of the poisonous tree.
7. The major groupings of criminal causation theories; classical, biological, conditioning, etc.
8. Styles of Policing, legalistic, watchman, etc. and crime fighting strategies and eras of policing to include political, professional, community, etc.
9. Definition and purpose of the span of control.
10. Police warrant requirement, warrantless exceptions, and impact of precedent cases to include:o Terry v. Ohio, Graham v. Connor, Miranda v. Arizona, Mapp v. Ohio & Tennessee v. Garner
11. The fundamentals of police integrity and the impact of the Knapp decision.
12. The levels of US law enforcement; local, county, state and federal and major areas of responsibilities of each.