Students will learn about criminal law, professionalism and ethics, emergency telephone answering techniques, radio dispatching, radio codes, critical incidents, stress management, community policing and relations, and much more. This is a highly interactive class requiring full participation. The class is 132 hours scheduled over eighteen weeks. Students must attend each session of the course to receive credit and certification. Some outside reading and study is required.
Graduates receive a certificate of completion.
Requirements Attend each class and miss no more than twelve hours. A copy of the California Penal Code and a series of P.O.S.T. Workbooks are required and may be purchased through the training center on the first night of class. Students are required to purchase a semester or daily parking permit on their own. Payment may be made by cash, check, money order, or credit card. The program includes 17 units of concentrated study in law enforcement dispatching.