Peace Officer Academy Option - Owens Community College

252
School of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness
Career Program
Criminal Justice Technology
Campus offered:
Toledo and Findlay
Credits required: 73
Student advisement:
Students who have or acquire a felony
conviction or a conviction regarding drugs,
weapons, domestic violence or moral
turpitude will find employment in the
criminal justice field extremely unlikely.
Students who successfully complete the
Basic Peace Officer Academy are eligible
to take the Ohio Basic Peace Officer
Certification examination.
Student who successfully complete the
Basic Peace Officer Academy and selected
courses from the Criminal Justice Degree
Technology program will receive the
associate degree.
PREREQUISITES
All students should check for
prerequisites for a class before
registering. Prerequisites can be
found in the Course Descriptions,
beginning on page 330 of this
Catalog. Or, visit www.owens.edu.
Peace Officer Academy Option
Courses in bold are offered as credit hour courses
and credited to the Criminal Justic Tech program
with the Peace Officer Academy Option.
Owens Community College students who have
completed the Basic Police Officer Academy may
receive up to 18-21 college credits toward the
associate degree in Criminal Justice.
Credit Transfer
Some courses for credit in the basic academy do
not count toward a degree, but are required for
certification in the Academy. Courses for credit
toward the associate degree are in bold print in
the course list to the left. Students transferring
from another law enforcement academy or
college may receive 18-21 credit hours.
Dual enrollment requirements
Students who plan to attend the Basic Peace
Officer Academy and work toward an associate
degree must notify the School of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness Chair and the Peace
Officer Academy Commander well in advance of
registering for first-semester classes. The Academy
has special admission requirements that must be
addressed and met. Academy Option students
must complete a physical examination and a
background investigation prior to being admitted.
Once approved by the Academy Commander,
students may be excused from certain course
prerequisites and co-requisites in the degree
program. Some courses must be taken in a
specific sequence and within specific time frames.
Contact the Academy Commander for details.
Course specifications
Courses listed in the credit transfer section
taken in accordance with the Basic Peace Officer
Academy may be credited to the Associate of
Applied Science Degree in Criminal Justice.
But students taking degree program courses,
who later apply for the Academy Program, will
have to repeat courses from the degree program
in the Academy. Students failing to make the
necessary notifications, or who later drop out of
the academy option, are required to comply with
degree program requirements. Students who
are undecided are advised to take the General
Education courses listed in the degree program
until they have made a decision.
Certification
Students successfully completing the Basic
Peace Officer Academy, the required physical
conditions testing and the courses listed to the
right will receive the associate degree and be
eligible to take the Ohio Basic Peace Officer
Certification examination. 1

253
School of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness
Basic Peace Officers Academy Courses*
CJS 171 Basic Academy 1 3.5 lec 4.5 lab 5 credits
Firearms
First Aid for Safety Personnel
CJS 172 Basic Academy 2 9.5 lec 9.5 credits
Introduction to Basic Training
Report Procedures
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal Investigations
Constitutional Law and Evidence
CJS 173 Basic Academy 3 7.5 lec 5 lab 8.5 credits
Community Policing
Physical Control Tactics
Patrol Operations
Prisoner Booking and Handling
Civil Disorders
CJS 174 Basic Academy 4 5 lec 3 lab 6 credits
Traffic Operations
Physical Conditioning for Law Enforcement Officers
Radar/Lidar
Criminal Justice Courses
CJS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 2 3 lec 3 credits
CJS 103 Criminology for Police/Corrections 3 lec 3 credits
CJS 205 Report Writing for Criminal Justice 3 lec 3 credits
CJS 211 Crime Scene Processing 2 lec 3 lab 3 credits
CJS 231 Criminal Justice Administration 3 lec 3 credits
CJS ___ Criminal Justice Elective 3 3 lec 3 credits
18 credits
General Education Courses 1
ENG 111 Composition I 3 lec 3 credits
ENG 112 Composition II 3 lec 3 credits
MTH 108 College Algebra 3 lec 3 credits
PSY 101 General Psychology 3 lec 3 credits
IST 131 Computing Concepts and Applications 4 lec 4 credits
SOC 220 Multicultural Diversity in the U.S. 3 lec 3 credits
SPE 101 Public Speaking 3 lec 3 credits
HUM 245 Models of Leadership
or
HUM 250 Leadership Development 3 lec 3 credits
_______ Arts and Humanities Elective 4 3 lec 3 credits
_______ Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective 5 3 lec
3 credits
31 credits
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of this option, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate the ability to make correct and ethical decisions.
• Apply basic criminal law to various events.
• Write various criminal justice reports.
• Demonstrate correctly the procedure to make a felony stop and arrest.
• Demonstrate correctly traffic stop operations.
1 In addition to the academy program and the listed courses, students pursuing
this option must also successfully complete all of the General Education courses
required in the degree program.
2 Students currently employed full time by a law enforcement agency may select one
of the following courses in lieu of CJS 101: CJS 104, CJS 140, PREREQUISITES
CJS 217, CJS 245,
CJS 265 or CJS 290 (Students must obtain a course substituion All students form from should the check for
Criminal Justice Chair.)
prerequisites for a class before
3 Select from: CJS 104, CJS 290
registering. Prerequisites can be
4 Select from: HIS 101, HIS 102, HIS 151, HIS 152, HIS 201, HIS found 202, in HUM the Course 275, PHL Descriptions,
101, PHL 102
beginning on page 336 of this
5 Select from: GOV 100, GOV 111, GOV 205, GPH 106, PSY 215, Catalog. PSY 220 Or, or visit SOC www.owens.edu.
101.