2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 30, 2024  
2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CJ 260 Law Enforcement Operational Skills: Explore/Cadet (5 credits)



Prerequisite Must be sponsored by an accredited Law Enforcement Agency and approved by the Criminal Justice Program Coordinator. NCIC/WASIC checks required.

Course Description
A course designed to familiarize students with operational procedures, expectations and competencies of local law enforcement agencies through participation in an approved Law Enforcement Explorer/Cadet program. *Law Enforcement Agency sponsorship and Criminal Justice Department approval required. Criminal history background checks are required.

Student Outcomes
1.Examine cultural issues that impact law enforcement and how an agency’s mission, vision and professionalism policy address these issues.
2.Demonstrate appropriate responses to a variety of patrol simulations.
3.Review law enforcement technology available to officers.
4.Secure a crime scene, collect, preserve, mark and transport evidence while maintaining the “chain of evidence”.
5.Demonstrate a variety of levels of officer safety.
6.Understand the history and application of criminal law as it pertains to current law enforcement.
7.Access current laws and procedures that impact a law enforcement officer and his or her agency.
8.Use appropriate level of force, given a law enforcement scenario.
9.Construct legally defensible, behaviorally specific, non-judgmental, grammatically correct documents and reports.
10.Examine personal past and current behaviors and beliefs related to law enforcement ethical standards.



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