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Course Information
Grade Placement: 11-12 Course Description: Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security introduces students to professions in law enforcement, security, corrections, and fire and emergency management services. Students will analyze legal and ethical responsibilities of the professions and will recognize the importance of interagency cooperation. Students will use communication skills in creating, expressing, and interpreting information and ideas, and will propose solutions to address problems related to law. Students will identify the roles and functions of court systems, the correctional system, private security and agencies, and fire protection services.
Grade Placement: 11-12 Course Description: Law Enforcement I is an overview of the history, organiztion, and functions of local, state, and federal law enforcement. This course includes the role of constitutional law, the United States legal system, criminal law, law enforcement terminology, and the calssification and elements of crime. Students will understand ethical behavior standards for law enforcement personnel. Students will study court cases and analyze the impact of court decisions, analyze custody and interrogation (Miranda v. Arizona), analyze procedural and substantive criminal law, analyze the rights of victims and witnesses, and analyze reasonable suspicion and probable cause. Students will use field note-taking and report-writing skills and will employ procedures to protect, document, and process a crime scene.
Grade Placement: 12 Course Description: Law Enforcement II provides the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare for a career in law enforcement. This course includes examining ethical and legal responsibilities, operation of police and emergency telecommunication equipment, and courtroom testimony. Students will develop communication skills to evaluate body language, gestures, verbal tone, and inflection, and will use written skills to facilitate field note-taking and report writing such as incident reports. Students will prepare testimony for court and present testimony during a mock trial. Students will understand passive, agressive, and assertive behavior and will demonstrate the use of anger management techniques to resolve conflicts and reduce anger. Students will study law enforcement procedures pertaining to alcohol and beverage laws, driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence, and strategies for crowd management. Students will investigate and document a motor vehicle accident.
Grade Placement: 12 Course Description: This course uses a structured and scientific apporach to the investigation of crimes of assault, abuse and neglect, domestic violence, accidental death, homicide, and the psychology of criminal behavior. Students will learn terminology and investigative procedures related to crime scene, questioning, interviewing, criminal behavior characteristics, truth detection, and scientific procedures used to solve crimes. Using scientific methods, students will collect and analyze through case studies, and simulated crime scenes such as fingerprint analysis, ballistics, and blood spatter analysis. Students will learn the history, legal aspects, and career options for forensic science. A minimum of 40% of class time will be spent in laboratory work and field investigations. Successful completion of both semesters of this course will satisfy the 4th science credit required for graduation.
Crimestoppers is also a non-curricular club sponsored by Officer Rick Armor. For more information on Crimestoppers contact Officer Armor by visiting his office next to sub-school or by calling him at 469-752-9424. There are multiple ways you can help your community:
You may also visit the Plano Police Website for more information about programs and services that they provide to the community. The Plano Police Department is located at 909 East 14th Street and is open:
The Plano Police Department's Joint-Use Facility is located at 7501-A Independence Parkway and is open:
Plano Police Numbers 24-Hour Non-Emergency Telephone: 972-424-5678
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At the beginning of the year students will be given ranks and must form a Police Department. They will be given a budget and must research cost of supplies they believe to be essential to running their department. They will draw out a design of a headquarters building and jail. Each class will compete against each other and the teacher will decide which class performs the best. Students will learn how to properly take fingerprints and fill out a fingerprint form. Students will also learn the proper procedure for handcuffing other students.
Law Enforcement II is the follow up course to Law Enforcement I. This class will cover more technical aspects of the Law Enforcement careers as well as a few in-depth procedures relating to specific offenses including DWI and DUI. Students will participate in more hands-on classwork including note-taking and report writing rather than just being lectured. Students will learn the basics of spotting when someone is lying versus being truthful. This class will prepare students better for their pursuit of a career in the Criminal Justice field.
Forensic Science is the most lab based Criminal Justice class offered. Students will learn the science side of Criminal Justice careers. Students will be taught the basics or forensics including terminology, procedures relating to crime scenes, and scientific methods involved in investigating crimes. Students will participate in labs and field investigations that will further prepare them for a career in Forensics. Forensic Science will also substitute for a 4th year of Science so long as the student has already successfully completed Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Students must also have succesfully completed Law Enforcement I to be eligible for placement in this class.