Also see Marketing and Management Occupations (Business Technology option) for the Associate of Applied Science degree.
The Law Enforcement Training Program provides classroom, laboratory and cadet practicum instruction enabling students to enter the general field of law enforcement.
The Law Enforcement Program is designed to prepare graduates to enter the law enforcement field or the correctional/detention area of Law Enforcement. The Law Enforcement Program has been duly approved by the Idaho Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) Council, thus eliminating the graduates' need to attend the basic police academy or correctional/detention academy before taking the certification exam. Because the Law Enforcement Program is driven by POST standards for certification into the law enforcement field, applicants to the program must meet POST standards for admission. These admission standards include a background check into the applicants' criminal, driving and psychological record.
Applicants must meet the general ISU School of Applied Technology requirements for entry into the first semester's course of studies. Prerequisite for entry into the second semester of training (LAWE 193 and LAWE 194 or LAWE 153 and LAWE 154) is successful completion of LAWE 100, LAWE 191 and LAWE 192 or LAWE 151 and LAWE 152; and acceptance into the cadet practicum by the program's Advisory Committee Board. This board is composed of participating agency representatives and applies the minimum standards for employment as listed by the Idaho Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) Council.
Each block of study must be successfully completed with a minimum grade point of 2.0 in each segment of a block; a grade point of less than 2.0 in any segment will be the grade of the entire block of study. The blocks are taken in progressive order with a grade of C or better as a prerequisite for continuation.
Law Enforcement Certificate
The following blocks are required for a certificate in Law
Enforcement:
LAWE 100 Technical General Education 8 cr
LAWE 191 Basic Law Enforcement I 9 cr
LAWE 192 Basic Law Enforcement II 9 cr
LAWE 193 Advanced Law Enforcement I 9 cr
LAWE 194 Advanced Law Enforcement II 9 cr
TOTAL: 44 cr
Correctional/Detention Technology
The following courses are required for a certificate in
Correctional/Detention Technology:
LAWE 100 Technical General Education 8 cr
LAWE 151 Basic Correctional/Detention
Technology I 9 cr
LAWE 152 Basic Correctional/Detention
Technology II 3 cr
LAWE 153 Advanced Correctional/
Detention Technology I 9 cr
LAWE 154 Advanced Correctional/
Detention Technology II 9 cr
TOTAL: 44 cr
Courses
Students who demonstrate adequate academic skill to succeed in
the occupational-content courses of the program will be given an
"S" grade for LAWE 100 and will not be required to attend the
initial session.
Based on your keyboarding skills, you may be required to take a 1 credit Keyboarding class in order to meet the competencies of the program.
LAWE 100 Technical General Education 1-8 credits. A review of the mathematical skills of fractions, decimals, percents, proportions, and science. Study of oral and written communications.
LAWE 151 Basic Correctional/Detention Technology I 9 credits. Introduction to Law Enforcement and Correctional/Jail procedures to include safety education, human relations, criminal procedures, jail/correctional patrol procedures, firearms, report writing, physical fitness, arrest techniques, criminal code, criminal code, criminal investigation, jail/correctional procedures, and philosophy of supervision.
LAWE 152 Basic Correctional/Detention Technology II 9 credits. A continuation of LAWE 151 and including safety education, human relations, criminal procedures, jail/correctional patrol procedures, firearms, report writing, physical fitness, arrest techniques, criminal code, criminal investigation, jail/correctional procedures, and philosophy of supervision, POST tests, and physical fitness and firearms.
LAWE 153 Advanced Correctional/Detention Technology I 9 credits. Students will become acquainted with emergency vehicle operations (E.V.O.), rule of evidence, criminal investigation, jail/correctional patrol procedures, and participate in detention cadet practicum.
LAWE 154 Advanced Correctional/Detention Technology II 9 credits. Students will become acquainted with emergency vehicle operations (E.V.O.), juvenile procedures, criminal investigation, jail/correctional patrol procedures, and participate in detention cadet practicum. Following successful completion of all courses and practicum, students will qualify to sit for the POST Certification Exam.
LAWE 191 Basic Law Enforcement I 9 credits. Introduction to law enforcement, laws of arrest, search and seizure, patrol techniques, police practices and procedures, arrest techniques, criminal law, criminal investigation, safety and emergency procedures, jail procedures, police photography, human relations, state and local government, physical education, hazardous materials, and firearms.
LAWE 192 Basic Law Enforcement II 9 credits. A continuation of LAWE 191, including traffic laws and POST tests pertaining to physical fitness and firearms.
LAWE 193 Advanced Law Enforcement I 9 credits. Accident and criminal investigation, patrol procedures, juvenile procedures, emergency vehicle operation, traffic, fish and game, drug and alcohol laws, criminal evidence. Cadet practicum.
LAWE 194 Advanced Law Enforcement II 9 credits. A continuation of LAWE 193 and POST tests pertaining to certification and firearms qualification.
LAWE 199 Special Topics (variable) 1-8 credits. Addresses the specific needs of individuals, enabling students to upgrade their technical skills through part-time enrollment in units of instruction that are currently available through the program's full-time pre-employment curriculum. Permission of the instructor is required.
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