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Contact

Brian Bishop
Director, Public Safety Training
Northern ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Center, room 100B
919-536-7240, ext. 4411
PublicSafetyTraining@durhamtech.edu

Criminal Justice Professional Training (Continuing Education)

Short Term

The Criminal Justice Professional Training Program offers classes to area law enforcement officers. These classes provide re-certification for current skills and opportunities to enhance an officer's skills in new areas. The program offers many specialized classes based upon requests and the needs of the law enforcement agencies we serve.

Sworn Law Enforcement Officers are exempt from tuition fees for occupational extension classes offered by the Criminal Justice Professional Training Program. Members of law enforcement agencies who do not have arrest authority will be required to pay tuition fees. Due to the nature of the information provided in these classes most are not open to persons not currently employed in the Criminal Justice field.

CJC-3600D Drones for First Responders

This course prepares participants to establish or enhance a unmanned aerial system (UAS) program and sit for the FAA Part 107 remote pilot exam. Topics discussed include; drone laws/regulations, establishing a drone team, standard operating procedures, airspace and sectional charts, public safety exceptions/best practices, and public safety case studies/analysis.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
98434
6/2 - 6/5
6/2 - 6/5
6/2 - 6/5
6/2 - 6/5
NDC
126
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
W 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom

CJC-4042A NCJA Police Law Institute PLI

The NCJA Police Law Institute (PLI) is designed to provide the skills necessary to conduct enforcement activities associated with search warrants, warrantless searches, interviews, eyewitness identification, and nontestimonial identification orders. Course requirements, including content and textbooks, are authorized by the North Carolina Justice Academy (NCJA), and instructors must meet specific NCJA requirements. For details, contact the NC Justice Academy, NC Department of Justice.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
98439
5/5 - 5/16
5/5 - 5/16
5/5 - 5/16
5/5 - 5/16
5/5 - 5/16
NDC
126
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
W 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom

CJC-5010F Civil Liability

This course covers liability issues for the criminal justice professional. Topics include civil rights violations, tort liability, employment issues, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to explain civil trial procedures and discuss contemporary liability issues.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
96683
5/27 - 7/21
Internet
-
-
Online

CJC-5015M LEO Management & Supervision

This course provides a study of the best-known methods and practices of police leadership and management. Topics include the role of the manager in law enforcement, communications, time management in law enforcement, managing problems, training, and law enforcement productivity. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and discuss methods and practices capable of moving law enforcement agencies forward into the twenty-first century.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
96685
5/27 - 7/21
Internet
-
-
Online

CJC-5020AT Use of Force/Reality Based Training

This course is designed to provide training in topics related to tactical preparation or response activities. Course topics may include, but are not limited to, situational shooting techniques, officer survival, responding to crimes in progress, electrical and hazardous devices, domestic violence intervention, impact weapons and procedures, diversionary tactics & distraction devices, subject control, critical incident management, firearms for private protective services, responding to civil disorders, chemical munitions, high risk entry techniques, special weapons and tactics, sniper training, high area protection, tracking, search and rescue, rapid deployment, rappelling, ballistic shields, armed prisoner transport, cell extraction, diver certification training for law enforcement, and tactical response for SWAT medics.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
98433
6/30 - 7/2
6/30 - 7/2
6/30 - 7/2
POLIC
TBA
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
W 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom
98462
11/3 - 11/5
11/3 - 11/5
11/3 - 11/5
POLIC
TBA
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
W 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom

CJC-5020BA L. E. Sniper Course

This course is designed for individuals assigned to the role of a precision marksman utilizing an optically assisted high-power rifle. To provide the information and skills necessary for a law enforcement officer assigned to the duties of sniper/counter sniper to effectively and efficiently fulfill those duties.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
98436
5/19 - 5/23
5/19 - 5/23
5/19 - 5/23
5/19 - 5/23
5/19 - 5/23
POLIC
TBA
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
W 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom

CJC-5020BK Risk Management for Officers

This course helps students to understand law enforcement related risk management topics that could include: use of force, truthfulness in serving, and other high risk high liability areas of law enforcement.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
98461
5/13 - 5/13
OCC
203
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom

CJC-5020C Intervention Team Training

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to tactical preparation or response activities. Course topics may include but are not limited to Situational Shooting Techniques, Officer Survival, Responding to Crimes in Progress, Electrical and Hazardous Devices, Domestic Violence Intervention, Impact Weapons and Procedures, Diversionary Tactics & Distraction Devices, Subject Control, Critical Incident Management, Firearms for Private Protective Services, Responding to Civil Disorders, Chemical Munitions, High Risk Entry Techniques, Special Weapons and Tactics, Sniper Training, High Area Protection, Tracking, Search and Rescue, Rapid Deployment, Rappelling, Ballistic Shields, Armed Prisoner Transport, Cell Extraction, Diver Certification Training for Law Enforcement, and Tactical Response for SWAT Medics. This course prefix should be used for courses that fit the nature of the above examples. Local titles may be used. Course hours should be reasonable based upon the nature of the local training, but may not exceed the maximum hours.
Section
Number
Dates Location Building Room Time Format
98554
6/23 - 6/27
6/23 - 6/27
6/23 - 6/27
6/23 - 6/27
6/23 - 6/27
FD
TBA
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
T 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
W 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom
98557
6/23 - 6/26
6/27 - 6/27
OCC
201
211
M,T,W,TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Classroom

Suggested Paths

Long Term

(More than 12 months)

University Transfer