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10
Lesson Plan
Constitutional and Civil Rights in the Government
Workplace
CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Content
This lesson examines the workplace constitutional rights of police officers, their protection against employment
discrimination, and their accountability under federal law for violating the constitutional rights of others.
Objectives
• First Amendment protection for police officers in the workplace
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Computer and PowerPoint projector
KEYWORDS AND TERMS
disparate impact
hostile work environment
harassment
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LESSON 10.1
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
What First Amendment rights do police officers have in the government workplace?
Guidelines: Police officers have limited First Amendment protections for work-related speech. They must
OBJECTIVES
CONTENT
TEACHING RESOURCES
Understand
police officer’s
civil rights as
government
employees.
Introduction
First-Amendment
Protection for Work-
Related Speech
Employee or Citizen?
Matter of Public
PPT:
• 1–7
Figures:
• Fig. 10.1 First Amendment protection for work-
related speech
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LESSON 10.2
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
What are the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of police officers, and how do they
differ from ordinary citizens?
Guidelines: While police officers have Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and
seizures, these rights are restricted in the workplace. When the police department’s interest as an employer
OBJECTIVES
CONTENT
TEACHING RESOURCES
Understand the
Fourth, Fifth,
and Fourteenth
Amendment
rights of police
officers in the
government
workplace.
Fourth Amendment
Protection against
Workplace Searches
Searching Desks,
Lockers, etc.
Drug Testing
Fifth Amendment Rights
Fourteenth Amendment
Protection for
Personal Liberty
PPT:
• 7–12
Figures:
• Fig. 10.4: Constitutionality of supervisory searches
Exercises:
• In the Test Bank, choose True or False questions 2–4
and Multiple Choice questions 3–5
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LESSON 10.3
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
What are different types of discrimination that can happen in the government workplace?
Guidelines: There are several types of discrimination, including disparate treatment, disparate impact, and
sexual harassment. These are overcome by enforcing equal protection in the police workplace.
OBJECTIVES
CONTENT
TEACHING RESOURCES
Recognize
forms of
workplace
discrimination
and understand
Employment
Discrimination Based
on Race, Color,
Religion, Gender, or
National Origin
Equal Protection in the
Police Workplace
Compelling Need to
Remedy Past
PPT:
• 13–16
Figures:
Student Activity:
• Read and discuss Case Studies 4–5
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LESSON 10.4
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
What are the consequences for police officers for violating constitutional rights while acting “under
color of state law”?
Guidelines: Title 42 U.S.C. §1983 is a widely used federal statute that hopefully you will never have an
OBJECTIVES
CONTENT
TEACHING RESOURCES
Understand §
1983.
Constitutional
Accountability under
Federal Law
PPT:
• 17–18
