Criminal Justice

About the Course

This is a two-year program designed to prepare students interested in careers within law-related fields and emergency services. The curriculum introduces Michigan Criminal Law and its applications, police procedures, police administration, criminal investigations, court procedures, first-aid, CPR, and the Criminal Justice System as a whole.

Opportunities

• Familiarization with employment opportunities at local agencies
• Internships available with professionals in the field of law enforcement
• Participation in local and national skills competitions through SkillsUSA
• Opportunity to earn transferable college credits through demonstration of academic knowledge and skills

Curriculum

Texts:

• Michigan Criminal Law and Police Procedure – Michigan State Police
• Criminal Justice Today – Schmalleger
• Criminal Investigation – Bennett/Hess

Instructional Segments:

• Law
• Ethics
• Investigations
• Courts
• Police Physical Skills
• Patrol
• Special Investigations
• Special Populations
• First Aid
• Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Investigation
• Health/Wellness and Employability
• Special Operations & Emergency Preparedness

Police Training Certifications:

• Community Policing
• Use of Force
• Patrol Response to Active Shooters
• Crash Investigations
• DUI
• Effective Courtroom Testimony
• Report Writing
• Responding to Robbery
• Homicide
• Surviving Search Warrants
• Suicide by Cop
• Pursuit Decision Making
• Crisis Negotiations

Labs

• Accident Investigation
• Booking Procedures/Fingerprinting
• Casting
• Communications
• CSI photography
• Dispatching
• Employment Exam
• Encyclopedia of American Prisons (abstracts)
• Faces (Sketch Artist)
• Fallen Troopers (Officer Safety Critiques)
• First Aid/CPR
• Forensic Case Abstract(s)
• Forensic Science: Dealing with Evidence (CD-ROM)
• Forensics (CD-ROM)
• GPS
• Handcuffing
• Job Application, Cover Letter, Resume
• Job Shadow (as available)
• Latent Fingerprint Lift & ID
• MCOLES Pre-employment test
• Metal Detector (Evidence Collection)
• Mind of a Killer (CD-ROM)
• Mock Trial
• Opposing Viewpoints (current issues in policing)
• Police Administration
• Radar Operations
• Report Writing
• Street Survival Tactics
• Traffic stops
• Arrest Procedures
• Current Issues in Criminal Justice