Extra Credit Assignments
Purpose:
To provide additional opportunities for students to learn about policing.
Only one assignment per student is allowed.
Assignment one:
Police ride along
You are to arrange to go on a police ride along for at least 4 hours preferably 8. The agency
must be a department that has a uniformed patrol division. After the ride along, you are to write a
short paper, two to three pages of what you experienced. The paper must include the date, time
and name of officer and department you went with.
Assignment two:
Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum
You are to go on a tour of the museum and learn as much as you can about the early history of
policing in Los Angeles. It is required that a photograph of you at the museum be attached to the
report. After your visit, write a two page report of what you thought and experienced at the
museum. Check the museum for days and times of operation at www.laphs.org