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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: none This course will teach the student the unique police report writing procedures required of law enforcement officers. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation will be mandatory in this course. The focus will be on documenting the chain of evidence and chronological events applicable to criminal investigations. Application of oral interviewing and interrogations skills will also be included. Forms required for law enforcement personnel will also be covered in class. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: none This is a course in substantive law, including the elements of major crimes and their possible legal defenses. This course will also familiarize students with the Minnesota Criminal Statutes and help prepare students by covering a large portion of the Minnesota POST objectives. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Prerequisite: CRJU 1101 or instructor's consent This course covers the study of constitutional law and criminal procedures utilizing the opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Minnesota Rules for Criminal procedures. Emphasis is placed on the constitutional guidelines for law enforcement, rules of arrest, search and seizure, and the Minnesota Rule of Procedures. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: none This course will cover the methodology of criminal investigations including every facet of the investigation, from the preliminary investigation to the court proceedings. It will also cover evidence recognition, collection, and preservation. There will be a segment devoted to police reports and required Minnesota forms. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Credits: 1-3 Prerequisite: none This course will address those issues currently under public scrutiny. These would likely include, but not be limited to, deadly force and use of force, capital punishment, racism in the system, sexism within the justice system, police corruption, abuse of authority throughout the system, the Code of Silence found within the system, and other relevant topics of a timely nature. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Prerequisite: none This course is a study of internal and external ballistics and their relationships to criminal investigations. Included in the coursework will be comprehensive analysis of projectile striation operational signatures, projectile impact signatures, and gunshot powder residue analysis, both spectrographically and reproductions. Students will be required to complete an investigatory process that includes testimony in mock court. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: none This course covers the Minnesota Traffic Statutes and how they are applied, interpreted, and enforced. Vehicle registration, vehicle insurance and safety responsibility acts, drivers license laws, rules and regulations as they relate to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and other motor vehicles will be covered. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Prerequisite: none This course is a study of fingerprints as it relates to criminal investigations and the identification of suspects and victims of crime. The student will learn the Henry System of filing rolled impressions and the techniques of computerization in locating and filing unknown latent prints. Dusting, lifting, and photographing latent prints in various mediums will also be examined. Laser detection and ultraviolet location of latent prints will be presented in class. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Prerequisite: none A primary facet of criminal investigation is founded in recording of evidence and the crime scene for trial via still and video photography. This course of study will take the student through various investigative endeavors which create photographic tasks similar to actual crime scenes and criminal investigations which require photographic documentation. Students will also learn darkroom techniques and film processing and enlarging processes specific to investigative standards. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Prerequisite: none This course demonstrates the value of probable cause testing of narcotics, and the resultant laboratory confirmation. Students will be exposed to various reagents used to identify controlled substances in the field and the testing methodology employed in the lab to confirm the origin of unknown samples. Gross morphological examination techniques will be part of the fiber and hair analysis and examination. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none
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