Utilize effective communication techniques to build community relationships. Various problem solving methods will be examined as learners participate in scenarios.
Explores non-negotiable moral traits inherent in ethical policing. Applies ethical decision-making skills to situations encountered in achieving the police mission.
Utilizes Wisconsin Statutes to conduct in-depth studies in criminal law. Areas of concentration are crimes against persons, property, morality, decency and governmental functions.
Prepares the learner to recognize, process and preserve physical evidence with emphasis on domestic abuse, sexual assault and crimes against life. Includes a three hour lab in which students develop investigative skills and apply them in various scenarios.
Develops skills in interviewing crime victims, witnesses and suspects. Provides role play experience in interviewing and interrogation techniques for a variety of offenses, including sexual assault, robbery, theft, battery and other types of criminal offenses.
Develops a variety of law enforcement reports, utilizing field notes to accurately and fairly convey necessary information for use by investigators, prosecutors and the public.
Analyzes the primary functions of federal, state and local law enforcement and corrections agencies. Learners prepare for employment in public and private sectors.
Investigates traffic crashes to determine cause. Learners utilize traffic incident management and investigative principles to complete investigations and necessary follow up to determine appropriate level of enforcement. Learners prepare documentation including Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Accident Report, Uniform Traffic Citation, photographs and drawings. Learners administer field sobriety tests and interpret indicators of impaired driving.
Upon completion of this class, learners will have a portfolio to use in the job search process. Learners will be required to supply previous work or current in-progress work for critique and adjustment, will examine the job search process, interview skills and work ethics.
Explore the foundational principles of constitutional law as they apply to the criminal justice system. Students will examine the structure of the U.S. court system and the development of case law that shapes modern legal practices. The course will focus on the constitutional amendments most relevant to law enforcement, including the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments, and their implications for search and seizure procedures, the use of force, the rules of evidence, and the conduct of interviews and interrogations.
Students will receive instruction in techniques that are applicable to law enforcement from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and mixed martial arts disciplines and build on the basic foundations of defense and arrest tactics principles taught by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board. Students will also be encouraged to bring in real life examples of situations and scenarios they have experienced to work through during open mat time during class and find new techniques to utilize in the scenario.
Students are required to be sworn law enforcement officers or jailers or be certifiable as law enforcement officers or jailers.
Students will receive instruction in techniques that are applicable to law enforcement from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and mixed martial arts disciplines and build on the basic foundations of defense and arrest tactics principles taught by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board. Students will also be encouraged to bring in real life examples of situations and scenarios they have experienced to work through during open mat time during class and find new techniques to utilize in the scenario.
Students are required to be sworn law enforcement officers or jailers or be certifiable as law enforcement officers or jailers.
Students will receive instruction in techniques that are applicable to law enforcement from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and mixed martial arts disciplines and build on the basic foundations of defense and arrest tactics principles taught by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board. Students will also be encouraged to bring in real life examples of situations and scenarios they have experienced to work through during open mat time during class and find new techniques to utilize in the scenario.
Students are required to be sworn law enforcement officers or jailers or be certifiable as law enforcement officers or jailers.
Through classroom lecture, and on-campus lab, and WI Department of Justice 720 Academy integration exercises students will learn and apply skills addressed in the following Department of Justice 720 Academy Phase II topics: Emergency Vehicle Operation and Control (EVOC) and Vehicle Contacts II.
Through classroom lecture, and on-campus lab, and WI Department of Justice 720 Academy integration exercises students will learn and apply skills addressed in the following Phase II topics of the WI Department of Justice 720 Academy curriculum framework: Constitutional Law II, Physical Evidence Collections, and Crisis Management. The Phase II Written Exam will be given in this course.
Through classroom lecture and on-campus lab and integration exercises, students will learn and apply skills addressed in the following Phase II topics from the Department of Justice 720 Academy curriculum frameworks including: Professional Communication Skills II, DAAT, Firearms II, Tactical Response, and Tactical Emergency Critical Care For Law Enforcement Officers.
Through classroom lecture, on-campus lab, and WI Department of Justice 720 Academy integration exercises students will learn and apply skills addressed in the following Phase III topics of the Department of Justice 720 Academy curriculum framework: Ethics II: Moral Reasoning and Professional Conduct, Cultural Competence II, Interrogations, Testifying in Court, Crimes III and Physical Evidence Collection.
Through classroom lecture, and on-campus lab and WI Department of Justice 720 Academy integration exercises, students will learn and apply skills addressed in the following Department of Justice 720 Academy curriculum framework Phase III topics: Domestics, Juvenile Law, Victims, Sexual Assault, and Child Maltreatment. The DOJ Phase III Written Examination will be administered in this course.
Through classroom lecture, and on-campus lab and WI Department of Justice integration exercises, students will learn and apply skills addressed in the following Phase III topics from the WI Department of Justice 720 Academy curriculum framework: Traffic Law Enforcement - Core and Radar, Traffic Crash Investigations & Incident Management, Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated (OMVWI), Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST), Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Incident Command Systems and NIMS, and Report Writing.