Certificate in Law and Policing

The module is intended to equip and guide Police Officers in Policing and Democracies, in investigating and proper management of criminal matters with expertise, professionalism and the impartiality that is inherent in it. It is designed to reflect an approach to application of law enforcement principles to contemporary policing, criminal procedure and emphasize the acquisition of measurable skills, knowledge and attitudes and demonstrable importance and relevance to professional law enforcement agents.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the programme students should be able to:

• Investigate and properly handle criminal matters.
• Investigate and detect commercial crime.
• Teach novices on how to prevent and detect crime.
• Analyze and explain the systematic evidence gathering.
• Outline and be able to follow the criminal procedures in Zimbabwe.
• Observe the constitutional rights of offenders.
• Describe and demonstrate the use of a range of contemporary policing techniques, and to evaluate the appropriateness of the techniques for the use in selected law enforcement settings in Zimbabwe.

Modules

Code             Module Narration                                      Units

LP 01              Introduction to law                                    15

LP 02              Law of Evidence                                        15

LP 03              Criminal Procedure                                   15

LP 04              Criminal Law                                               15

LP 05              Interpretation of Statutes                        15

LP 06              Crime Management                                15

LP 07              Contemporary Policing                           15