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This lesson examines the developments of the modern police force, especially in terms of its specialisation. It then covers the role of the community with law enforcement with the role of the Neighbourhood Watch

The lesson resources include:

• 3 x A4 Worksheets (PPT)
• 1 x 30 Slide Main Power Point

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC

The 30 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up Question - Based on a population of 61 million, how many police officers were there in England and Wales in 2024? Answer provided.
• Slide 3: Long Term Recap - Students are given 8 terms linked to law enforcement since the Medieval period and have to discuss their meanings or outline facts about them.
• Slide 4-6: Police Recap - A fill in the missing term descriptive recap covering the development of the police since the early 1800s. Answers and printable resources provided.
• Slide 7-8: Starter - Students are given 6 advances in police work and have to guess which decade they began. Answers provided.
• Slide 9: Background information covering the new idea of ‘crime prevention’.
• Slide 10: Background information covering the Neighbourhood Watch
• Slide 11-12: Neighbourhood Watch activity - students need to decide if each statement gives positive or negative attitudes towards the Neighbourhood Watch.
• Slide 13: Background information covering the role of the PCSO.
• Slide 14: Background information covering police specialisation.
• Slide 15-17: Task 1 - Students match up the name of the police specialist unit with their role. Answers and printable resources provided.
• Slide 18-19: Task 2 - A worksheet which covers the development of specialist units in the police.
• Slide 20-21: Task 3 - A table fill activity where students need to use the fact sheet to outline how the police have improved since c.1900. Includes printable resources.
• Slide 22: Task 4 - Questions about the role of the community in law enforcement and the Neighbourhood Watch.
• Slide 23: Learning Review
• Slide 24: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the similarity and difference questions with suggested sentence starters.
• Slide 25-26: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ questions

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