CJ 262 Law Enforcement Operational Skills: Officer (10 credits)

2. Manage a case that demonstrates a basic understanding of criminal investigation through the development of proficient basic preliminary investigation procedures associated with various crimes.

3. Demonstrate knowledge of the Law and Legal Standards on which a law enforcement agency is grounded.

4. Recognize the development and use of police power based on national, state, constitutional, criminal justice systemic, precedent and case laws and the impact on law enforcement and the citizens it serves.

5. Apply knowledge of search and seizure, interrogation, arrest and use of force in a variety of scenarios.

6. Assess the origins and applications of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments in the role of a law enforcement officer.

7. Reflect upon one’s own personal bias and beliefs and the impact of such while communicating with and serving diverse populations.

8. Minimize conflict/crisis through cross-cultural communication and negotiations.

9. Apply the intent of legislation, statutory definitions and duties of law enforcement in regard to the complexity of a number of social dynamics, including but not limited to domestic violence, sexual assault, mentally ill individuals, and substance abuse.

10. Administer a number of defensive tactics techniques in simulated situations.

11. Execute firearm safety and proficiency in simulated situations.

12. Identify and implement a number of stress reducing and fitness building techniques.

13. Respond appropriately to a variety of patrol situations to include procedures, arrest, search, seizure and documentation.

14. Embrace the philosophy of community policing as a law enforcement tool.

15. Construct legally defensible, non-judgmental, behaviorally specific, and grammatically correct documents and reports.

16. Successfully demonstrate appropriate traffic enforcement in a variety of traffic scenarios.

17. Perform duties in an ethical and professional manner aligned with stated mission and goals of that agency.

18. Implement strategies as a member of a diverse team or group in a manner that is inclusive, culturally sensitive while supporting mission and goals.

Degree Outcomes
Programs Outcome: Graduates will critically evaluate past, present and future discrimination and privilege of individuals, societies, groups and institutions.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 300
Total Contact Hours 300