PBS
Pbs Teachers: Every Mother's Son (A Lesson for Exploring Police Brutality)
Suggested lesson plan to be used with the P.O.V. documentary "Every Mother's Son" but may be adapted for use without. Students describe examples of police brutality and explore the larger systemic problems related to policing. They also...
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Encounter With the Texas Rangers, 1876
This firsthand account of an encounter with some of the men from the Texas Rangers, a group of law enforcement officers in nineteenth century Texas.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Biometrics: New Ids That Are Uniquely You by by Sharon Oosthoek
Police and law enforcement have historically used fingerprints to identify suspects and prosecute criminals. But now, using new technology and the science of biometrics, scientists have developed a different, and potentially more...
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Teacher Resources: Mounties
Many students view Mounties as simply policemen on horses. But it is important to understand the Mountie not only as a Canadian symbol, but also for the role they took in shaping the development of Western Canada. This site has many...
US Department of Justice
U.s. Department of Justice: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
A complete government description of Section 3789d of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, which explicitly prohibits the federal government from controlling state or local police agencies, and which explicitly...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science 911: Cop Psychiatrists
Investigate special conflict-resolution training for police officers and new high school programs designed to help resolve conflicts. Work in groups to develop possible solutions to real-life conflicts that have actually occurred at U.S....
Other
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum: Ranger History in Brief Form Part 1
Read this historical account of the Texas Rangers, a group of lawmen who fought crime and lawlessness on the Texas frontier in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.