|
/ / /
V.C., Correctional Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Program
Certificate Type: VC
Major Code: COTLE-VC
CIP: 0743010702
This program prepares State certified Correctional Officers to receive the Cross-over Corrections to Law Enforcement Certificate which is required before taking the State Certification test to obtain a position as a police officer in Florida. This program is approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
Completers of the Correctional Officer program can also complete the Law Enforcement-Basic Recruit program by taking the following courses:
Total program hours: 457
| Major Courses |
| CJK0020 | Vehicle Operations This course will better prepare prospective officers to apply all applicable vehicle operations knowledge and techniques. Lab fee required. | 1.60 |
| CJK0061 | Patrol I This course will enable the student to perform basic tasks and procedures associated with responding to commonly encountered patrol situations including observing activity, interacting with citizens, handling traffic and escort assignments, approaching and interacting with a suspect, making an arrest, transporting and processing a prisoner, as well as completing the appropriate documentation and/or reports of these activities. Lab fee required. | 1.93 |
| CJK0062 | Patrol II This course introduces the student to crowd control, criminal gangs and extremist groups, hazard identification, building searches and identifiying weapons of mass destruction. Lab fee required. | 1.33 |
| CJK0071 | Criminal Investigations This course introduces the student to the steps in investigating any crime against a person, how to provide assistance, complete necessary reports as required, and interviewing witnesses. | 1.87 |
| CJK0076 | Crime Scene Investigations This course will introduce the sequence of steps to initiate upon arriving at an incident or crime scene. Lab fee required. | 0.80 |
| CJK0081 | Traffic Stops This course introduces the recruit to the basic rules for conducting safe, effective traffic stops. Lab fee required. | 1.60 |
| CJK0086 | Traffic Crash Investigations This course introduces the student to traffic crash investigation, laws pertaining to traffic crashes and procedures for responding to a traffic crash. Lab fee required. | 1.07 |
| CJK0221 | Correctional Crossover to Law Enforcement Introduction and Legal This course includes the basic knowledge and skills for certified corrections officer(s) in law, criminal justice values, and ethics, sexual harassment, constitutional law, classification of offenses, search and seizure, standards of legal justification, laws of arrest, laws of interrogation, criminal intent, level of criminal involvement, drafting probable cause affidavits, use of force, legal considerations in juvenile law and information about the criminal justice system in Florida and the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. | 1.57 |
| CJK0222 | Correctional Crossover to Law Enforcement Communication Law enforcement officers communicate daily with other law enforcement personnel, victims, witnesses, suspects, friends and relatives. This course will cover gathering information, correctly identifying their audience, conducting a basic interview, root causes of miscommunication, the organization of information chronologically, the organization of information categorically, information documentation, taking a statement, report classifying, using grammar correctly in writing reports, and completing the arrest/probable cause affidavit. | 1.87 |
| CJK0223 | Correctional Crossover to Law Enforcement Human Issues Law enforcement officers respond to many calls involving suicidal, disabled, elderly, juveniles, and those who are abusing legal/illegal substances. This course will enable the student to respond to the crisis call of the suicidal person, assess the risk of suicide and provide the most appropriate intervention to calm the situation. The student will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms specific to the disability and provide the proper intervention. The student will also assess the juvenile behavioral characteristics and provide the most appropriate intervention. The student will recognize the call involving substance abuse and with officer safety in mind, identify the substance and paraphernalia on scene and provide the most appropriate intervention. | 1.07 |
| CJK0422 | Dart Firing Stun Gun This course will introduce the student to the basics of both the stun gun, particularly the dart-firing stun gun, and provide knowledge of its practical use. Lab fee required. | 0.27 |
| Total Credits: | 15.23 |


|
Did you know?
Seminole Community College has been training law enforcement officers since 1969. |