Law Enforcement I M

Unit: Professional Standards and Communication Skills (1 Week)  -technical concepts and vocabulary associated with law enforcement

-Nonverbal communication: facial expressions, voice quality and delivery, gestures, and body positioning

-Verbal communication: interpret voice quality and delivery such as combination of pitch, tone, and wording

Unit: Ethics and the U.S. Legal System (3 Weeks) 

-U.S. Constitution and protecting citizens' constitutional rights

-ethical behavior standards

-Citizens: Constitutional laws of local, state, and federal court

-Jurisdictions

-Civil and Criminal court systems

Unit: Procedural and Substantive Criminal Law (2 Weeks) 

-Texas Penal Code

-Mala prohibita and mala in se

-Criminal Defense

-Texas Penal Code

-Mala prohibita and mala in se

-Criminal Defense

Unit: Accident Investigations (2 Weeks) 

-crash report involving two or more vehicles in an accident

-laws associated with accident investigation

-procedures for responding to an accident scene and securing the scene

-traffic control at an accident scene

Unit: Custody and Interrogation (1 Week) 

-Miranda Rights

Miranda warning requirements for both adult and juvenile suspects

-requirements above the Miranda warnings for juvenile suspects, offenders, and witnesses

-non-custodial and custodial interview and interrogation

Unit: Custody and Interrogation (3 Weeks) 

-Miranda Rights

Miranda warning requirements for both adult and juvenile suspects

-requirements above the Miranda warnings for juvenile suspects, offenders, and witnesses

-non-custodial and custodial interview and interrogation

Unit: Use of Force (3 Weeks)

- legal authorities and the justification for use of force

-factors for use of force when effecting an arrest

-circumstances that are high risks for officers

-various force options or alternatives available to peace officers

- elements that an officer must recognize and control in every encounter

Unit: Reports and Crime Scenes (3 Weeks) 

- components of a police call sheet, an incident report, and a supplemental report

-procedures to protect, document, and process a crime scene

-Demonstrate lift and preserve developed latent prints from a simulated crime scene

-photograph, sketch, search, collect, document, and protect the crime scene area for further investigation

Fall Common Collaborative Assessment

Unit: Vehicle Stops (3 Weeks) 

- techniques used to assess risk in vehicle stops

-traffic laws contained in the Texas Transportation Code and their applications

-simulated misdemeanor traffic stop using the seven-step violator contact method

-simulated felony traffic stop with one and two patrol units

-regulations relating to arrest, charging procedures, notices, and promises to appear

Unit: Tactical Entries (4 Weeks) - Demonstrate techniques to safely enter and search a residence or building

-Demonstrate correct techniques for entering a doorway and searching a room(s), clearing buildings or residences and techniques used when suspects are found inside a building or residence

--Demonstrate Simulated Tactical Entries

Unit: Victims, Witnesses, and Juveniles (2 Weeks) 

-rights of victims of crimes and witnesses to crime laws such as the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the Victim's Rights and Restitution Act, the Child Victims' Bill of Rights of 1990, and the Victim Rights Clarification Act of 1997

- psychological, social, and economic impact of crime on the victim

-statutory responsibilities relating to victims' rights

-  protocols and procedures protecting the rights of juvenile offenders and victims

Unit: Victims, Witnesses, and Juveniles (1 Week)

-rights of victims of crimes and witnesses to crime laws such as the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the Victim's Rights and Restitution Act, the Child Victims' Bill of Rights of 1990, and the Victim Rights Clarification Act of 1997

- psychological, social, and economic impact of crime on the victim

-statutory responsibilities relating to victims' rights

-  protocols and procedures protecting the rights of juvenile offenders and victims

Unit: Family Violence (4 Weeks)

-Demonstrate handling family violence calls involving Temporary Ex Parte Protective Orders, Protective Orders, and Magistrate's Orders for Emergency Protection and the procedures for responding to family violence

-dynamics and legal issues of family violence and child abuse

--Demonstrate designing a plan on how to handle family violence situations and procedures for conducting preliminary investigations

-how to provide and explain community resources and referrals to victims of family violence

Unit: Drugs and Alcohol (3 Weeks) - laws associated with the Texas Health and Safety Code

-current commonly abused drugs

-procedures for handling drugs, dangerous drugs, and controlled substances

-detection, apprehension, and arrest of an intoxicated driver

-development of "reasonable suspicion" for the intoxicated driver stop and temporary detention

Unit: Community-Oriented  Police Programs (1 Week) 

-define community-oriented policing

-skills needed to be a successful community-oriented police officer

Employability Skills:

Professionalism

Employability Skills:

Teamwork-Problem Solving

Employability Skills:

Job Seeking Skills

Employability Skills:

Communication Skills

Employability Skills:

Self Management

Employability Skills:

Civic and Social Responsibility