Law Enforcement
LAWE 103 |
Introduction to Criminal Justice |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered Each Semester |
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This course offers an introduction to the purpose, function, and brief history of the agencies dealing with criminal justice, while presenting a survey of requirements for entering criminal justice service. Students discuss crime, the criminal, traffic, and vice as social problems; the function of the courts; prosecution and defense attorneys; correctional and penal institutions; and probation and parole. This course will introduce the student to the various agencies and employment opportunities within the criminal justice system. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture: 3 hours per week
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LAWE 111 |
Police and Society |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 112 |
Traffic Cont and Reg |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 201 |
Self Defense |
| 2 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 202 |
Corrections in America |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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A survey of the historical, philosophical, and legal bases or correctional procedures and institutions and an examination of current problems and innovations. Lecture: 3 hours per week
Complete LAWE-103 or CJ-103 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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LAWE 204 |
Basic Law Enforce Issues |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 204A |
Personal Safety for Seniors |
| 1 Credit(s) | |
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The focus of this course will be personal safety for senior citizens. Discussions will include home safety, safe driving tips, safety in public places and information on community resources. Instruction will be provided by police and fire personnel and community information officers. Lecture: 15 hours
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LAWE 204B |
General Instructor Course |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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Provides basic skills necessary to create and deliver lesson plans including ability to identify references and procedures for documenting and citing references. Overview of methods and strategies associated with adult learning including communication skills. Orientation to the five phases of the Instructional Systems Development model. Overview of the evaluation process for performance testing to include types of tests, characteristics of good tests, and uses of test results. Overview of liability issues in the classroom. In order to give students tools to enhance instruction, ways to incorporate the used of audio-visual aids in also covered. Lecture: 3 hours
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LAWE 204C |
Controled Force: Close Range Subject Control I & II |
| 1 Credit(s) | |
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Controlled F.O.R.C.E. training is simple to learn, but it highly effective in physical confrontations. This system of training is a comprehensive program that combines techniques that are already familiar, with specialized physcial exercises and principles designed to develop an understanding, and eventual proficiency, in the presented sustem of defense tactics. Level One: foundation of defensive tactics training. Level Two: application of skills to specific street scenarios to include disruption techniques and baton distraction techniques. Ground defenses and escapes, knife awareness and defense, and out-of-holster weapon retention and disarms are also covered. Lection: .5 hours Lab: 2 hours
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LAWE 205 |
Criminal Procedures |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered Spring Semester |
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This course includes an examination of the procedural aspects of criminal law. It will include specific applications of procedures by actors in the criminal justice process incuding police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials. This examination will provide a basic understanding of state and local legal codes, as well as current applications of law in both arrest and search and seizure. Lecture: 3 hours per week
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LAWE 211 |
Criminal Law |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 212 |
Criminal Investig |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 213 |
Criminal Evidence |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 214 |
Criminal Justice Practicum |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 214A |
Crim Justice Prac |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 214B |
Crim Justice Prac |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 219 |
Self Defense |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered Each Semester |
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This course covers the use of force, baton training, pepper spray training, electroshock weapons, handcuffing techniques, people searches, firearms liability, safety, inspection and maintenance, basic marksmanship, day and night range practice, and handgun, shotgun, and rifle qualifications. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 220 |
Basic Police Law |
| 2 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course is the study of basic police law as it relates to the U.S. Constitution, Idaho Codes, liquor laws, rules of evidence, criminal law, arrest, search and seizure, traffic code, and Idaho Fish and Game Laws. After completing the course, students will be able to determine traffic offenses, criminal offenses, probable cause for arrest, and how to process cases. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 221 |
Professional Orientation |
| 1 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course studies the human dimensions of the police profession including standards for police ethics and professionalism, media relations, crime prevention, and human relations. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 222 |
Police Procedures |
| 2 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course teaches fundamental patrol skills such as searching buildings, operating emergency vehicles, and writing reports. It also includes jail procedures, communication methods, officer survival, and courtroom demeanor and testifying. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 223 |
Patrol Procedures |
| 1 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course teaches patrol procedures and techniques for crimes in progress, including responding to armed robberies; low-risk, high-risk, and felony traffic stops; prowler calls, hostage situations; and domestic disputes. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 224 |
Practical Problems |
| 1 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course provides an opportunity for the student to demonstrate and utilize classroom skills in simulations and exercises in crime scene investigation, search warrant application, traffic stops, arrest situations, and domestic disputes. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 225 |
Investigations |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course provides theory, techniques, and procedures for the investigation of traffic accidents, auto theft, juvenile crimes, allegations of child abuse, DUI situations, and suspicious deaths. It includes techniques and procedures for drug identification, protection of crime scenes, collecting evidence, fingerprinting, interviewing, notification, and interrogation. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 226 |
Enforcement Skills |
| 1 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course provides hands-on training in handgun retention, arrest and control techniques, and handling hazardous materials. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 227 |
First Aid for Police |
| 1 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 228 |
Police Physical Fitness |
| 1 Credit(s) | Offered Fall Semester |
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This course provides physical health and conditioning methods and includes work on agility, flexibility, and conditioning. Students must pass the Idaho POST Physical Fitness Test. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture/Lab: 35 hours per week
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LAWE 230 |
Law Enforcement Professionalism |
| 2 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course introduces principles and concepts of law enforcement professionalism. Emphasis is placed on preparing for courtroom testimony, cultural diversity, community policing, and preventing misconduct. Topics include understanding the role in the courtroom, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination, cultural conflicts, the problem-solving process, ethical dilemmas, and developing integrity as a leader. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 231 |
Officer Survival |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course is designed to increase officer safety, enhance professionalism, decrease citizen complaints, decrease vicarious liability, and lessen personal stress on the job and at home. The course covers laws regarding the use of force, civil and criminal liability, mental conditioning, post-shooting trauma, and the dynamics of lethal force. Also included are dealing with gangs, suicide, crisis negotiating, and off-duty officer survival. The principles discussed in this course have applications for a variety of law enforcement operations. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 232 |
Career Enhancement |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course provides analyses of cutting-edge contemporary criminal justice issues. Topics may include terrorism, public perceptions of crime, legal issues, and school violence. Focus will be on high-impact police leadership and the fundamentals of interpersonal relations, supervising techniques, and professional ethics. Report-writing skills to prepare a legally sound report will also be covered. This course is designed to enhance skills of the already practicing police officer. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 233 |
Initial Investigations |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course provides an examination of the fundamentals of criminal investigation from the crime site to the courtroom preparation experience. Topics include an analysis of techniques for crime scene procedures, interviews, field notes and reporting, follow-up investigation, developing rapport, lie detection, and rules of evidence. Specific detail is given to investigations involving DUIs, elderly abuse and mentally disturbed persons, computer crime, crash investigations and advanced interviewing techniques. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 234 |
Drug Investigations |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course provides instruction in the multifaceted aspects of drugs and alcohol within the criminal justice system. The course will teach students theories of addiction, substance abuse identification, seizure procedures and requirements, informant development, investigative techniques, surveillance methods, and risk factors of undercover investigations. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 235 |
Enhanced Patrol |
| 2 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course is designed to increase officer safety through enhanced patrol procedures and techniques. Students will examine and practice appropriate responses to active shooters, commercial trucking violations, outlaw bikers, emotionally disturbed persons, robbery homicide, in-progress crimes, drug interdiction, stolen vehicles, document forgery, domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse situations. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 236 |
Terrorism |
| 2 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course introduces officers to terrorism, specifically those terrorist acts that present the greatest threat to the United States today. A thorough examination of the causes of terrorism, prevailing terrorist networks including domestic terrorists, operations, common characteristics of terrorists, surveillance detection, hostage survival, and protective measures will be presented. Special emphasis will be placed on basic medical techniques for officers in a critical incident. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 237 |
Use of Force |
| 1 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course will introduce students to an overall understanding of techniques and strategies for employing the appropriate level of force in a given situation. Students will learn about the requirements for the application of less-than-lethal force, tactics used in gun retention, and respiratory compliance techniques. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 238 |
Idaho Law Enforcement |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered on Demand |
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This course is designed to provide in-depth instruction in Idaho Law Enforcement procedures such as laws of arrest, legal liability, use of force, officer's rights, and the court system for Adult Detention, Juvenile Detention and Juvenile Probation. Students will also examine and practice appropriate responses in domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse situations. In addition, Agro-terrorism awareness will be addressed. Lecture: Varies
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LAWE 240 |
Administration of Justice |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 241 |
Administration of Justice |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 248 |
General Instructors Course |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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The objective of this course is to prepare individuals to become effective instructors. This course provides the skills necessary to create lesson plans, including correct procedures for documenting the citing references. Students will walk away from the class with a basic understanding of adult learning and the five phases of the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model. Students will also learn how to incorporate the ISD model as they research and write their own lesson plans. The course will cover the evaluation process for performance testing to include types of tests, characteristics of good tests, and uses of test results. Methods and strategies that are used in the classroom to provide an efficient and effective learning experience are covered, along with the use of proper communication techniques for a classroom setting. In order to give students multiple tools to enhance instruction, ways to incorporate the use of audio-visual aid is also covered. Upon completion of the course, students will have learned the tools necessary to become effective instructors who are able to transfer their knowledge to others.
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LAWE 290 |
Law Enforcement Theory |
| 3 Credit(s) | Offered Spring Semester |
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LAWE 290 meets weekly to evaluate, critique, and document intern performance and experiences. It incorporates specialized or refresher training as needs arise during the intern experience. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. Lecture: 3 hours per week
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LAWE 293 |
Law Enforcement Internship |
| 10 Credit(s) | Offered Spring Semester |
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This is an internship experience with law enforcement agencies designed to match the student's abilities and career goals. Students will function in a law enforcement position under the direct supervision of a selected, experienced law enforcement officer. Students are evaluated on a daily basis in accordance with the agency's established training policies for new officers. Students will be expected to participate in the enforcement activities performed by the supervising officer. This is a required course in the Law Enforcement program. On-Site Work: Varies
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LAWE 298 |
Crim Justice Pract |
| 6 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 298A |
Crim Justice Pract |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 298B |
Crim Justice Pract |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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LAWE 299 |
Independent Study |
| 3 Credit(s) | |
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