Hobart
This unit is being phased out and may not be offered next year, please consider your study plan accordingly. You will be able to enrol in the unit where there is an availability noted below.
Please note: this unit is only available to students accepted into the In-Service Pathway of 13D Bachelor of Social Sciences (Police Studies).
Introduction
This unit engages police officers in intensive reflective practice. The core focus is having police officers think about their policing practice during period since completion of their recruit training and engaging in reflective thinking about how they might improve their practice. Students are required to reflect on their policing practice as an operational police officer and consider how they might improve this practice into the future. The unit also provides students with oral presentation skills. Students enrolled in this unit have already completed most of the syllabus (and assessment requirements) at the Tasmania Police Academy while undertaking their Recruit Course. The students in the Professionalisation program have already provided evidence of probation workbooks in their portfolio units undertaken as part of the program. This component requires TP3 students to reflect on their overall practice as an operational police officer in terms of improving their practice.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Professional Policing in Practice |
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| Unit code | HSP315 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education School of Social Sciences |
| Discipline | Policing and Emergency Management |
| Coordinator | Dr. Angela Dwyer |
| Teaching staff | Dr Angela Dwyer |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this Unit the learner will be able to:
- Reflect critically on difficult elements of police practice, using research literature to develop improved future policing practice.
- Identify and analyse the social, cultural, historical contexts of difficult police practice.
- Communicate knowledge and research/investigation related to the subject matter in a narrated PowerPoint presentation.
Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Students have been working as operational police officers with Tasmania Police and are participating in the Tasmania Police Professionalisation Program. Teaching support is provided by Tasmania Police Academy staff and by University staff on a regular basis. |
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| Assessment | Students are to critically reflect on a challenging encounter/process/incident from their practice as a professional police officer and discuss how they will improve their future policing practice. They will document their critical reflection by creating a PowerPoint presentation and will record an oral presentation narrated in this PowerPoint. |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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