Unique Ways to Get Criminal Justice Course Credits

The Backup Training Corporation

The Backup Training Corporation has a program where members of law enforcemnt can purchase and complete their CD-ROM courses and then for an additional fee get up to 17 college credits of 200-level law enforcement courses through North Idaho College.

Law Enforcement Professionalism LAWE 230 - 2 credits
Officer Survival LAWE 231 - 3 credits
Career Enhancement LAWE 232 - 3 credits
Initial Investigations LAWE 233 - 3 credits
Drug Investigation LAWE 234 - 3 credits
Terrorism LAWE 236 - 2 credits
Use of Force LAWE 237 - 1 credits

Total Credit Hours 17 credits


http://www.thebackup.com/index.asp (Home)
http://www.thebackup.com/frame_custom.html (Courses)
http://www.thebackup.com/frame_custom.html (Training CDs)

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The DSST (DANTES) program provides the opportunity for people to earn college credit for what they have learned outside of the traditional classroom through examinations taken for college credit. The examinations are accepted or administered at over 1,900 colleges and universities nationwide and approved by ACE (American Council on Education). There are two examinations offered, Criminal Justice and Introduction to Law Enforcement.
Most colleges award 3 credits for each courses.

http://www.getcollegecredit.com/index.html

Study Guides

Criminal Justice
http://www.getcollegecredit.com/pdfs/factsheets/Criminal%20Justice.pdf

Introduction to Law Enforcement
http://www.getcollegecredit.com/pdfs/factsheets/Intro%20to%20Law%20Enforcement.pdf

 

Low Cost Community Colleges

Online Criminal Justice Courses

Clovis Community College
http://www.clovis.edu/Index.asp

Truckee Community College
http://www.tmcc.edu/

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Portfolios & Continuing Education Units

These sources can be used to acquire CEU units and as source material for doing credits by portfolio assessment.


Virtual University
http://vu.org/

Current Courses now in Session:
Criminal Psych 3: Patterns and Motives
Forensic Science 4: Crime Profiles

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Forensic Campus - Online Forensic Courses
http://www.forensic-science.com/courses.html

Accreditation:
We offer a professional certificate of completion for our courses. However, we do not currently offer CEUs or a degree or college credit, as our courses are designed to supplement other programs, colleges, and universities, not compete with them. Please note, however, that many students have independently arranged for CEUs with the state agency that governs their profession, or graduate, undergraduate and/ or independent study credits with their respective universities. We provide supporting documentation for this process whenever possible.
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The Backup Training Corporation

The Backup Training Corporation has a program where members of law enforcement can purchase, complete CD-ROM courses and then for an additional fee get up to 17 college credits of 200-level law enforcement courses through North Idaho College.

Law Enforcement Professionalism LAWE 230 - 2 credits
Officer Survival LAWE 231 - 3 credits
Career Enhancement LAWE 232 - 3 credits
Initial Investigations LAWE 233 - 3 credits
Drug Investigation LAWE 234 - 3 credits
Terrorism LAWE 236 - 2 credits
Use of Force LAWE 237 - 1 credits

Total Credit Hours 17 credits

http://www.thebackup.com/index.asp (Home)
http://www.thebackup.com/academic.html (NCI Courses)
http://www.thebackup.com/select_officer.html (Training CDs)

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Getting academic credit for law enforcement training is now fairly common. Excelsior College has what's called Criminal Justice Training Assessment, where the school will send a team to assess a law enforcement agency's training program, and assign academic credit.

 

Quite a few police/sheriff's academies in California are sponsored by community colleges and academic credits are given upon completion of the academy. If memory serves me right, I recieved 12-15 semester units from Los Medanos College for a 23 week academy (760+ hours or so)

I think the exception is the CHP academy (which I thought was odd because that is probably one of the most rigourous academies in the country) and SFPD's academy (also, if memory serves me, they lost their POST acredidation once due to lax training standards)

 

I wonder if they'd give you credit for a year or so in the pen?

 

It would be a fairly simple (if a bit time-consuming) procedure to still get academic credit if someone went to the CHP or SFPD academy, they would just need to use the portfolio process.

 

Which one had the problem with accreditation, CHP or SFPD?

 

The CHP academy is not affilliated with any community college and at least back in the 80's, graduates received no college credits upon graduation.

The SFPD had problems with POST (California Police Officer Standards and Training commmission) during the 80's due to lax hiring standards. (nothing to do with academic accredidation). I know they have since brought up there standards.

 

National Fire Academy (NFA) Independent Study Program

The National Fire Academy offers the free course Q318 - Fire Service Supervision. The course has been evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) for a recommendation of one college credit.

Q318 - ACE Recommendation: In the vocational or lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Personnel or Human Resources Management, Business or Public Administration, Behavioral Science, Fire Science, Fire Administration, Law Enforcement, or Criminal Justice.

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/independent/

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