Citizens & the Police: Connecting communities to policing
‘Citizens and the Police’ is an interactive online course designed to provide participants with basic knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles, procedures, and practices of policing in Pakistan and their own role in community policing.
About the LMS / About #ApniZameenKeLiye
The ApniZameenKeLiye LMS will allow any citizen to sign up and learn about climate change activism in the form of an online course with localized content. Through a specially designed set of online lectures, this course aims to equip future generations of climate change activists and eco-entrepreneurs with the right tools and resources to expand in Pakistan’s ecosystem.
Building on the legacy of the #ApniZameenKeLiye Online Bootcamp, the LMS expands on the Youth Led Climate Action project by the British Council, through which 30 Pakistani climate change activists and eco-entrepreneurs were trained to expand their work on climate action mitigation.
Led by industry experts, the #ApniZameenKeLiye LMS is the first of its kind in empowering and educating the future of Pakistan’s climate change activism.
Target Audience
This course is open and accessible for anyone interested in understanding policing and learning about the institution of the police in Pakistan.
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Customized & Bilingual Course Content
Customized and bilingual course content - made for Pakistan, with localized content in both English and Urdu
Engaging Video Content
Lectures led by industry experts on key issues of the climate crisis in Pakistan
Course Objectives
- Impact Business Canvas: How to effectively design and evaluate sustainable business models using the Impact Business Canvas for climate change initiatives.
- Design Thinking: Key components of the Design Thinking process and how to apply them to achieve strategic goals in climate change initiatives.
- Sustainability models: An overview of climate risk management, including carbon footprint and sustainability models, and practical techniques for mitigating climate risks and ensuring sustainability.
- National policies on climate change: Understanding the existing legislation and policies related to climate change and disaster management in Pakistan.
- Investment readiness: Identifying and targeting potential investors, and developing effective pitches to secure funding for climate change initiatives.
Coursework
Course 1
Impact Business Canvas By Hira Wajahat
This module will explain how the police are located within the wider state structure in Pakistan and how they work with different state institutions. This is important for the general audience to be able to understand the role and function of the institution.
3 hours to complete
11 videos
Module 2
Police-Community Relations: Exploring engagement and partnership
This module is important for people to understand in brief terms what we mean about some of the concepts that will be used throughout the course.
There are two purposes for this module. The first is to explain what ‘community policing’ is and why it is essential for good policing (that maintains public trust in the police).
The second is to explain to the participant his/her role in engaging with the police (and why it is important for the civilians to engage with the police).
1 hour to complete
8 videos
Module 3
Police-Community Relations: Know your rights and learn about police oversight and accountability
This module will provide information about how citizens can report a crime or file a complaint and what they should expect from a visit to a police station. This module will also provide brief information about the relevant laws/regulations under which they can file FIRs or register complaints against police officers. Furthermore, this module will also describe the accountability and oversight structures in Pakistan. This is important for citizens to know how their police are kept accountable and how they can answer to the communities they serve.
1 hour to complete
5 videos
Module 4
Your role in crime prevention and response
This module will explain and define some of the contemporary crimes in Pakistan (e.g. gender-based violence and street crime). After providing information about these crimes, the participants will learn the relevant laws pertaining to these crimes, how and where they can report these crimes (e.g. through hotlines) and other agencies that they can contact (e.g. police partner agencies, such as NGOs).
3 hours to complete
18 videos
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Frequently Asked Questions
Anyone who wants to understand the fundamental principles, procedures, and practices of policing in Pakistan and their own role in community policing can take this course
Police Awam Saath Saath is an initiative that aims to bridge the trust deficit between citizens and the police, promote inclusion, and generate public and policy support for police reforms in Pakistan. To learn more about Police Awam Saath Saath initiative, please visit our website www.policeawamsaathsaath.com
‘Citizens and the Police’ is created to enhance police-community relations in Pakistan by providing participants with basic knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles, procedures, and practices of policing in Pakistan. The course will also equip participants with information about legal frameworks and resources to actively partner with police in crime prevention and response.
There is no criteria, anybody can take this course.
This course is in English language.
The course is free of cost and there is no application fee either. You can sign up for free and start learning right away
The maximum time required for a learner to complete the course is approximately 4-5 hours. However, this is a self-paced course and the learner will have the freedom to complete the course content at his/her pace.
Yes. You can share this course with anybody.
There is no minimum qualification required. However, the applicant should know and understand basic English in order to fully comprehend the content of the course.
You can sign up for free for this course by clicking on “Online Course” in the menu bar of the website.
Once you sign up for the course, you will have lifetime access to the course content.
After completion of the final quiz at the end of the course, you will receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ for this course certified by Police Awam Saath Saath.
There will be a grand quiz at the end of the course where the learner will be required to score at least 60% to receive the certificate.
The learner will be able to retake the quiz as many times as needed.
Yes. Once the course is completed, you can share it with your network or print it.
Yes, you can access the course at anytime
If you have any questions regarding the course, you can contact us via email at policeawam@gmail.com
Course Contributors
The LMS includes 5 courses led by industry experts from the field in Pakistan, giving a specific context to the issues Pakistanis face in climate change mitigation along with valuable insights into the development sector of Pakistan, and how climate action initiatives can evolve and grow.
Each course is followed by a Multiple Choice Questions based quiz to test the student’s understanding of the subject. Each Course also includes reading materials allocated by industry experts for a deep dive into the subject matter.
| Features | Designation/Title | Organization/Region/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Zoha Waseem | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Institute for Global City Policing at UCL |
| Umayr Khan | Program Manager | DEMO |
| Muhammad Bin Masood | CEO | DEMO |
| Arsalan Mehmood | Filmmaker | Brief Art Pictures |
| Syed Ommer Amer | Founder - Daastan | Daastan |
| Wardah Noor | Marketing Associate | Daastan |
| Summaiya Naveed | Editor in Chief | Daastan |
| Kiran Ashraf | Marketing Associate | Daastan |
| Samin Alam | Marketing Manager | Dastaan |
| Anum Ameer | Director Design | Daastan |
| DIG Abbas Ahsan | Commandant Police College Sihala | Police College Sihala |