Criminal Justice (CJLE)

This course includes developing a basic understanding and respect for the fundamental rights and issues when interacting with people with mental illness. Topics will include ways to discuss and define mental health awareness, legal and liability issues, and crisis intervention techniques for interviewing in basic crisis situations.

This course includes law enforcement functions, history of public safety communications, federal laws regulating public safety communications, radio communication systems, radio operations, fire and EMS dispatch considerations, telephone operations, law enforcement information systems, communication records, logs and documentation, legal issues, emergency management, police emergency situations, 9-1-1/computer aided dispatch, media relations, stress management, and crisis intervention. Required course for law enforcement telecommunication personnel prior to completion of 12 months of service.

This course covers instruction and skill development in interviewing, note taking, and report writing in the criminal justice context; development of skills to conduct investigations by interviewing witnesses, victims, and suspects properly; and organization of information regarding incidents into effective written reports.

This course covers instruction in the basic principles of traffic control, traffic law enforcement, court procedures, and traffic law. Emphasis is on the need for a professional approach in dealing with traffic law violators and the police role in accident investigation and traffic supervision.