Certificate detail: PEOCERT - Patrol Enforcement and Operations

The KLETC Certificate in Patrol Enforcement and Operations has been developed to address the fundamental role of today's Law Enforcement Professional. This certificate program goes beyond the basics, providing professional development opportunities to strengthen and improve upon the police patrol effort, ensuring the health and safety of officers and the communities they serve.


Learning Competencies:

Upon completion, participants will be able to decide upon a prescribed course of action or technique that will provide a greater level of safety in a variety of environments, events and situations.
  • Participants will employ best practices as they investigate any crime from its beginning to its eventual disposition; either as an individual, or as part of an investigatory team.
  • Participants will exhibit fairness in policing while giving people a voice and performing law enforcement duties with impartiality and the necessary level of transparency to sustain and strengthen public trust.
  • Participants will produce clearly written, intelligent and accurate representations of events and situations and provide accurate testimony and descriptions of those events when requested to do so.
  • Participants will appraise and adopt the duties and behaviors incumbent upon a law enforcement officer who acts in ways that support the needs of the community and profession, while carrying out the responsibilities of an officer and a member of their respective community.


Successful completion of this certificate program, requires participants to complete all mandatory classes listed below, and four elective courses offered. To compliment and balance your educational experience, a final capstone project is also required. Choose one of the following:

  • Candidate will compose a research paper with a PowerPoint presentation over your choice of topic inspired by the training specific to this certificate. The paper should be no less than four pages and must include an additional page on which citations are provided. The PowerPoint presentation is meant to highlight the core concepts of your research paper and will be presented to the KLETC Professional Development Committee either in person at KLETC or remotely using Zoom or Skype. The research paper will need to be submitted prior to the PowerPoint presentation or with the PowerPoint presentation if you choose to present in person.
  • Candidate will develop a training course that is at least four hours in length, but no more than eight hours, on a topic specific to Patrol Enforcement and Operations. Prior to delivery, a formal course outline to be submitted to the KLETC Professional Development Committee and is to include participant learning competencies, lesson plan and course objectives. The candidate may choose the location of where the course will be conducted and KLETC will assist with all other logistics. In addition, the candidate must have successfully completed the KLETC Instructor Development Program or equivalent prior to presenting their training course.



Please contact Mary Ellen Kirkbride or Jenny Caywood should you have any questions.


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