Course Description

Intergovernmental relations and law enforcement is a component within the general LEMI curriculum because effective interagency relations are crucial to the success of Texas police agencies in the modern age. In the lecture/ discussion format, instructors clarify some important interagency problems and issues with emphasis on the nature of formal and informal cooperative ventures in the departments represented by officers I the class. This block of instruction specifically emphasizes enhanced interagency cooperation as an important means of overcoming problems created by decentralized police service in the United States.