Course Catalog

This course is designed to instruct police officers on the proper way to maintain and utilize their duty weapons. Officers will have both classroom and live (daytime and nighttime) fire exercises during this training. This is an annually mandated training through the North Carolina Department of Justice.

To emphasize evidence-based policing, whereby policies and practices are based on scientific research. This perspective changes the way experts in the field of policing and bias have been thinking about, talking about, and training on this topic.

The purpose of this lesson is to assist the student in understanding what critical stress on the job is and encourage students to proactively manage the stress they face.

This course prepares officers to identify current fraudulent identification trends and verbally name at least two (2) current security features found on common identification documents. Upon completion officers will be able to choose the appropriate course of action when presented with a fraudulent document and properly identify available resources and applicable statutes.

The purpose of this lesson is to review the role that collaborative relationships play in establishing effective and mutually beneficial community/law enforcement partnerships.

To provide the student with information necessary to understand the legal liabilities of driving a patrol vehicle.

To provide law enforcement officers with the knowledge and ability to properly document, in writing, the totality of the circumstances leading up to and following their application of force, as well as any actions they took to avoid or lessen the amount of force used.

The purpose of the lesson is to familiarize students with acts that could require review by the Commissions as related to rule violation, to understand the process when there is an alleged rule violation, and to recognize what it means to act appropriately to comply, morally and legally, with the duty to intervene.

To provide the participant with the skills necessary to identify a hazardous materials incident, implement proper notification, and identify immediate threats to themselves and others through the use of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).

This course aims to assist the law enforcement officer to recognize a medical emergency while under gunfire and understand the importance of providing immediate medical assistance until emergency medical service (EMS) personnel arrive.

This course is to provide law enforcement officers with information they can use to engage community members related to the responsible use of firearms.

This block of instruction will educate officers on the best practices for utilizing the incident command system during an active assailant incident.

This course helps to meet legislative mandates and to provide law enforcement officers with examples of positive engagement opportunities with juveniles to build relationships and trust.

This course will provide criminal justice professionals with a better understanding of elder abuse and offer ways that they can assist not only in charging those who participate in elder abuse but also to work towards preventing this heinous crime.

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the knowledge to practice officer safety techniques in their daily job performance effectively.

This course will help officers to understand recent legal changes through statutory updates.

To provide the participant with the history, philosophy and basic skills necessary to serve as a School Resource Officer. Participants will receive instruction in school-based law, ways to handle exceptional students, and classroom instruction techniques.

This course is designed to provide the trainee with the skills and knowledge to perform in the capacity of Field Training Officer (FTO). The NCJA FTO Training course curriculum must be the one authored by the North Carolina Justice Academy (NCJA), and instructors must meet specific NCJA requirements. For details on current NCJA FTO Training course requirements, contact the NC Justice Academy, NC Department of Justice.

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.

This essential training combines Emergency Vehicle Operations for bike officers with patrol procedures, tactics, night operations, scenarios, and basic bike maintenance and on-the-road repairs. Learn to ride like a pro, avoid crashes, and use your bike to foil the bad guys every time. Off-road riding and bike-specific live-fire exercises may be added at the instructor's discretion.

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to traffic enforcement, patrol activities or interdiction activities. Course topics may include but are not limited to equipment operation, DWI enforcement, interdiction techniques, patrol techniques (vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle), vehicle occupant restraint, traffic law enforcement and traffic crash investigations. 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.

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to traffic enforcement, patrol activities or interdiction activities. Course topics may include but are not limited to equipment operation, DWI enforcement, interdiction techniques, patrol techniques (vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle), vehicle occupant restraint, traffic law enforcement and traffic crash investigations. 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.

This course is designed to provide training in topics related to traffic enforcement, patrol activities, or interdiction activities. Course topics may include, but are not limited to, equipment operation, DWI enforcement, interdiction techniques, patrol techniques (vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle), vehicle occupant restraint, traffic law enforcement and traffic crash investigations.

This course is designed to provide training in topics related to traffic enforcement, patrol activities, or interdiction activities. Course topics may include, but are not limited to, equipment operation, DWI enforcement, interdiction techniques, patrol techniques (vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle), vehicle occupant restraint, traffic law enforcement and traffic crash investigations.

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to criminal investigative activities. Course topics may include but are not limited to basic criminal investigation, arson investigation, crime scene investigation, abuse investigation, drug investigations, evidence and case management, gambling investigations, interview and interrogation, sex crimes investigation, crime analysis, fraud investigation, fingerprinting, covert operations, gang activity investigations, cyber crime investigations, photography techniques and photographic evidence, auto theft investigation, psychological profiling and developing and managing confidential sources. 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.

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to criminal investigative activities. Course topics may include but are not limited to basic criminal investigation, arson investigation, crime scene investigation, abuse investigation, drug investigations, evidence and case management, gambling investigations, interview and interrogation, sex crimes investigation, crime analysis, fraud investigation, fingerprinting, covert operations, gang activity investigations, cyber crime investigations, photography techniques and photographic evidence, auto theft investigation, psychological profiling and developing and managing confidential sources. 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.

This course is designed to provide training in topics related to criminal investigation. Course topics may include, but are not limited to, basic criminal investigation, arson investigation, crime scene investigation, abuse investigation, drug investigations, evidence and case management, gambling investigations, interview and interrogation, sex crimes investigation, crime analysis, fraud investigation, fingerprinting, covert operations, gang activity investigations, cyber crime investigations, photography techniques and photographic evidence, auto theft investigation, psychological profiling, and developing and managing confidential sources.

This course is designed to provide training in topics related to criminal investigation. Course topics may include, but are not limited to, basic criminal investigation, arson investigation, crime scene investigation, abuse investigation, drug investigations, evidence and case management, gambling investigations, interview and interrogation, sex crimes investigation, crime analysis, fraud investigation, fingerprinting, covert operations, gang activity investigations, cyber crime investigations, photography techniques and photographic evidence, auto theft investigation, psychological profiling, and developing and managing confidential sources.

To provide law enforcement officers with the methods and techniques used to collect and analyze cellular and social media records.

To provide law enforcement professionals responsible for conducting background investigations the information needed to successfully perform the investigation