This is a basic training course for new law enforcement officers that includes: administration of justice, patrol procedures, firearms, defensive tactics, physical training, First Aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), traffic investigation, water safety, and driver training. This course covers the 910 hours required by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department POST Certification. Prerequisites: POSC N101A. Field trips will be required.

This is a basic training course for new law enforcement officers that includes: administration of justice, patrol procedures, firearms, defensive tactics, physical training, First Aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), traffic investigation, water safety, and driver training. This course covers the 910 hours required by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department POST Certification. Prerequisites: POSC V01A. Field trips will be required.

Students will explore the roles of practitioners in the criminal justice field. Through discussion and study the students will review the expectations and perceptions of the public. Principal emphasis will be placed on community-oriented policing, discretionary decision making, the use of authority, along with communications and crisis management by persons working in the criminal justice system. Students will explore the complex relationship between the community and the justice system, with emphasis on the challenges of dealing with conflicting roles of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social class, language, and culture in shaping these relations. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.