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  • 0.00 - 4.50 Credits

    This course is designed to prepare police officers to become proficient in the analysis of technical data found at the scene of the crash. Instruction includes: lecture and field projects in vehicle dynamics, development from field sketches and scale diagrams of possible point of perception, actual point of perception, initial contact, maximum engagement and final resting place of the involved vehicles, lectures and field projects dealing with thrust diagrams, vehicle rotation, severity of crashes, lecture and field examinations of crashed vehicles utilizing a vehicle damage record sheet. State certification is awarded upon successful completion. Two class hours, one laboratory hour. Students must be employed as a law enforcement officer and have the ability to use algebraic reasoning. Seventy class hours for the semester. Prerequisite: PLE 166. 4.5 Credits.
  • 0.50 Credits

    This seminar, presented semi-annually, examines the latest court rulings as well as changes in public law, then explains how each affects law enforcement policies, procedures and operations. This seminar is presented by the District Attorney's and/or United States Attorney's Offices. Participants will receive most current information relative to court philosophies, relevant precedent setting decisions, and changes in public law. Legislative and judicial trends will be diagnosed during presentation. Due to the dynamic nature of the subject, this course may be taken more than once. Student must be in service as a public safety professional. Eight class hours. .5 Credits.
  • 2.00 Credits

    The program is designed to provide investigators with proven techniques that can be applied in various accusatory and non-accusatory interview situations. Participants will develop skills in preparing for the interrogation with a
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course will educate public safety officers assigned to conduct building searches and narcotic search warrants. The curriculum includes situational risk analysis, legal issues and liability, planning, briefing, critiquing exercises, Active Countermeasures, Dynamic and Covert Entry techniques, weapons control and retention, and basic and advanced shooting skills. Upon successful completion of this course , the student will be able to demonstrate their proficiency by written test, oral report, practical exam of performance skills, and peer assessment. Thirty-five instructional hours. Must be a sworn police or peace officer. 2 Credits.
  • 9.00 Credits

    This twenty-week course places the recruit officer/deputy into an application laboratory experience in which his/her degree of direct involvement accelerates with experience. He/she applies the principles, theories and techniques taught in the academy stage, to the operating demands of the street. The officer/deputy is under the close and continuous supervision of a specially trained assessment professional - the Field Training Officer. Successful completion of this course leads to certification as a Police Officer by the NYS Bureau of Municipal Police. Forty experiential hours. Prerequisites: PLE 101, PLE 102, PLE 103. 9 Credits.
  • 6.00 Credits

    The purpose of the course in Police Supervision is to insure that law enforcement officers newly promoted to supervisory rank receive a course of professional training in the principles of supervision and management to prepare them to carry out their duties properly. This course reflects a balanced overview of the role of the supervisor and also provides an understanding of the knowledge and the skills needed by the supervisor to function effectively, efficiently, and professionally. Special emphasis is placed on incident management, leadership skills, communications, and resource development. Student must be a law enforcement professional who is in line for promotion. One-hundred-five class hours. 6 Credits.
  • 4.50 Credits

    Public safety professionals have important knowledge and skills obtained through study and life experience. This course will provide the tools for the Bureau of Municipal Police instructor candidate to develop the research, preparation, and communication skills necessary for effective presentations. The focus is on training needs, writing instructional objectives, lesson planning, graphic support, adult learning concepts, communication skills, the instructional process, and assessment. Participants will be required to develop and deliver a fifty-minute instructional block on a police topic of their choice. Student must be in service as a public safety professional. Seventy class hours for the semester. 4.5 Credits.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course will provide the proper concepts of leadership and techniques of assessment, counseling, and documentation necessary for an experienced public safety professional to supervise and evaluate newly assigned recruit officers who have completed the academic component of basic recruit training. The focus is to develop the abilities of the experienced public safety professional to assist the recruit in a smooth transition from academic lecture to street reality. Successful completion of this course fulfills the requirements to become a Field Training Officer. Student must be in service as a public safety professional for at least three years. Seventy class hours for the semester. 2 Credits.
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course will provide the research, preparation and communication skills necessary for effective presentations. Range safety and management are covered in detail through both classroom instruction and practical exercises. The focus of this course is on identifying training needs, writing instructional objectives, lesson planning, adult learning concepts, instructional processes, rules of the range, and assessment. Special emphasis will be placed on New York State Penal Law Article 35 on the justification and use of deadly physical force. Participants will be required to design and deliver a fifty-minute instructional block on a firearms topic. Successful candidates will receive certification by the New York State Bureau of Municipal Police as a Firearms Instructor. Student must be employed as a public safety professional. Forty-five class hours, twenty-five laboratory hours. Prerequisite: Successful completion of PLE 220. 4 Credits.
  • 0.50 Credits

    This contemporary issues course provides the opportunity for public safety professionals to intensively confront the operational, administrative, leadership, and training issues of the day in the time compressed decision making environment of public safety agencies. A lecturer/facilitator will present the issue to be explored, analyze it, and then facilitate an exchange among the registrants on how the public safety community should respond. Some examples of issues to be confronted are increasing homicide rates, community notification on crime patterns and criminals, bias crime, and high speed pursuits, among others. At the end of the course, each registrant will author a position paper on the issue and her/his recommended public safety response. Due to the changing nature of the subject matter, this course may be taken more than once. Student must be in service as a public safety professional. Eight class hours. .5 Credits.
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