Upcoming Courses

Courses

1st Line Supervision

This course is designed for officers who are newly assigned to supervisory positions and/or officers serving in supervisory positions without any formal training.

June 2-6, 2025, Classroom 1826

2024-2025 Probation and Parole Annual In-Service Training (Various Topics)

This course is a mandatory annual refresher training that is required for all Probation and Parole officers employed by the N.C. Department of Public Safety (NCDPS). Colleges must have prior approval from NCDPS Office of Staff Development and Training (OSDT) for each offering of this course and must adhere to all NCDPS requirements for curriculum content, student testing, instructor qualifications, and overall program management.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Assisting Individuals in Crisis - CISM

Most psychological crisis intervention is done one person to one person, rather than in groups. These interactions may be face-to-face (in person or electronically), telephonic, via email, or via text messaging. The SAFER-R model of individual psychological crisis intervention was developed to serve as a simple protocol or procedural guide to aid in conducting such individual psychological crisis interventions. This two-day course builds upon, and is the logical continuation of, the basic ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS course. Using the SAFER-R framework as a platform, participants are introduced to scenario-based variations of the model. Topics such as advanced psychological triage, grief, suicide intervention, challenges in follow up and referral, and self-care are addressed. In addition, participants are asked to evaluate pre-recorded video examples of crisis intervention using the SAFER-R model.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Communication and Conflict Avoidance

This course is designed to train law enforcement in the art of utilizing advanced verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to avoid unnecessary conflict situations and provocation and to identify pre-conflict behaviors allowing the officer to quickly deescalate and control the situation. Class participants will learn how to use situational awareness, behavioral analysis, emotional intelligence, persuasion techniques, and verbal and nonverbal communication greatly enhance their effectiveness as a law enforcement officer. Additionally, the class will cover topics to include: Racial Sensitivity and Stereotyping, Managing Emotions, and Self-Awareness. This class is highly recommended for all law enforcement officers from new hires to executive management.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Ethics for Cops

Police often find themselves placed in impossible situations almost daily. As well, they are often given very little guidance as to handle these situations. This class integrates the book Character and Cops, along with case scenarios, a historical perspective and concrete strategies enabling the student to be able to avoid and effectively handle the ethical dilemma's they encounter. This class is intended for all levels of law enforcement and public safety personnel. The class also provides instruction on the importance of character development and self care and its role in ethical dilemmas. Examples from both the media and recent high-profile cases will be used to further the concepts presented. Interactive exercises are also included.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Gang Investigations

The Advanced Gang Investigations class will familiarize the student with various types of information sources, provide guidelines for recruiting and managing confidential informants, and details responsibilities of gang unit personnel. The class will also discuss the role of the intelligence analyst as it applies to common pitfalls faced by many law enforcement agencies that employ intelligence analysts. In addition, the student will have an increased understanding of other crimes frequently committed by street gang members and learn techniques that can be used during their investigation of gangs and gang activity. Topics that will be taught are: Gang Intelligence and Informant Management; The Role of the Intelligence Analyst; Gang Crimes: Beyond Dope and Drive-By's; Complex Case Investigations; Common Obstacles and Problems in Gang Cases; Jurisdictional/Legal Issues; Technology, Resources and Trends; and Corrections: Gang Overview.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Group Crisis Intervention

This course builds on the Group Crisis Intervention course (which is a prerequisite) to provide the latest information on critical incident stress management techniques and post-trauma syndrome. It includes proven strategies for assisting those suffering after exposure to trauma, for EAP, HR and public safety personnel, mental health professionals, chaplains, EMS providers, firefighters, law enforcement, dispatchers and disaster workers who are already trained in critical incident stress debriefing format.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Psychopathology for Cops

This training is intended for law enforcement personnel at every level. Police often encounter individuals who present a mask of sanity (appear to be normal) but are in fact mentally ill and often dangerous. Their behavior may be erratic and destructive despite significant consequences and frequent contact with law enforcement. This training focuses on eleven personality disorders and provides a tactical diagram for engaging with each one. It also presents the emerging science around psychopaths and sociopaths, to demystify these individuals and give officers tools for handling situations that involve them. Unlike training for mental health professionals, this training is specifically and exclusively designed for law enforcement and public safety personnel. The concepts presented will be reinforced with examples from current cases in the media.

This course contains no sections

Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation

The class will further enable participants to proficiently investigate traffic crashes. Building upon what was learned in At-Scene Traffic Crash Investigation, investigators will enhance their abilities to perform lamp examinations, draw scale diagrams, and perform time-distance, momentum, falls, flips, and vault calculations. Participants should bring all traffic crash investigation equipment to class with them, including 100'/300' tapes, hammer/masonry nails, compass, line/line level, scientific calculator with trigonometry functions, a digital camera (if possible), and safety equipment. There will be a final written examination and participants will be graded on practical exercises. A minimum accumulated grade is required to successfully complete the course. Prerequisite: At-Scene Traffic Crash Investigation (80-hours). Required text: IPTMs Advanced Traffic Crash Analysis (ISBN 1-884566-64-2). This class is taught by seasoned reconstructionists who are also experienced instructors. Topics include: Speed estimates from kinetic energy, skid marks, scuff marks, yaws, and airborne situations. Vehicle dynamics and motion. Time, distance, and motion equations. Conservation of momentum equations. Center of mass calculation. Vehicle damage analysis including thrust, overlap and collapse. Vehicle lamp examination. Tire damage evaluation. Scale diagrams. Vector sum analysis.

March 17-28, 2025, Classroom 216

ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement)

This 16-hour course is intended to bridge the gap between the SFST and DRE courses. You will learn how to observe, identify and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol or a combination of both. You will be given an overview of the seven types of drug categories and the physiological effects these drugs have on the human body. In addition, you will learn of medical conditions and other situations that can produce similar signs of impairment. The role of eye examinations in disclosing the possibility of drug impairment, and in suggesting the possible category or categories of drugs being used, will be discussed. You will receive the latest updates in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. We will also explain the legal issues associated with impaired driving as well as pre- and post-arrest procedures.

This course contains no sections

Arresting the Non-Compliant Suspect

During the course of their normal duties, law enforcement officers encounter from time-to-time various levels of subject/offender resistance. This course presents officers techniques of control, take-downs and vehicle extractions when arresting and handcuffing non-complaint suspects. This course also includes laws and court rulings concerning the use of force, types of subject resistance and officer control, verbal and nonverbal cues leading to subject resistance and attacks.

This course contains no sections

At-Scene Traffic Crash Investigation Enhancement

This course will enable participants to locate, identify, preserve, and evaluate evidence found at the scene of traffic crashes. The course builds on training participants have already received to bring them up to the level of the At-Scene Traffic Crash Investigation class.

May 12-16, 2025, Classroom 216

Background Investigations

This course is designed for those responsible for conducting background checks. The course shows criminal justice professionals how to identify the minimum qualifications for entry-level employment, using legal considerations, state-mandated requirements, and information sources. Lessons learned from case studies will be considered, and participants will be assigned to collect and verify information for current background investigations.

May 20-21, 2025, Classroom 1826

Basic Criminal Interdiction

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 contains no sections

Basic Gang Investigations

This course will present basic, generic information necessary to understand criminal gangs. It will discuss common gang definitions, history, migration, and national gang trends. Additionally, it describes signs and symbols of major gang groups in the United States. Students will be exposed to the intelligence process, their role in it and some of the problems they will encounter in collecting gang intelligence. Sources of information useful to the gang investigator is also covered. Other topics discussed are: Gangs and the Internet; Interviewing gang members; Gang investigations; Gang suppression strategies and tactics; Interviewing the gang members and Legal Considerations.

This course contains no sections

Body Language and Behavior Recognition

This course will provide students with the necessary tools to understand and apply the science of body language and nonverbal communication to their duties as a law enforcement officer. Students will learn how to recognize the emotions of others and to use proactive response signals for conflict de-escalation. Students will also learn how to recognize threat behaviors and to maximize their effectiveness through the effective use of nonverbal communication techniques.

This course contains no sections

Body Language and Deception in High Risk Environments

This course is designed to give students an understanding of body language and personality types as they relate to deceptive behavior. The course combines lecture, video presentations, and exercises to help students learn how to anticipate violent encounters (before common signs occur) and how to articulate observations in reports to make them defensible in court.

This course contains no sections

Child Abuse and Fatality Investigation

This course provides an overview of the lead investigator's responsibilities in a severe child abuse or child fatality investigation, to enable students to initiate and investigate such cases effectively.

February 25-26, 2025, Classroom 216

Civil Liability for Special Response Teams (Online)

Special Response Teams, whether full-time teams or part-time units, participate in a great deal of training to sharpen their skills and maintain readiness to respond to some of the most dangerous situations that law enforcement agencies will encounter. These call outs involve a great deal of responsibility for team members and their administrators. While these operations often involve high risks, they can also involve high liability. From the tactical response plan that is executed to the selection process of your team members, all aspects of the Special Response Team's actions can and will be subject to legal scrutiny. Throughout this course, students will review court cases pertaining to Special Response Team actions and understand the rulings from the courts regarding those actions in an attempt to avoid or minimize civil liability issues.

This course contains no sections

Close Quarter Gunfight

This class will provide officers with a chance to explore dynamic, but natural responses to close quarter or knife attacks. Officers will draw and dry fire their duty handgun from various positions during simulated close quarter lethal threats. Live fire drills onto static targets with Simunitions/Force-on-Force ammunition will be offered at the end of the class. (Simunition pistols and ammunition will be provided.)

This course contains no sections

Credible Leadership Module I (Online)

Credible Leadership I is the first leg of an educational journey designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to leadership, ethics, character, supervision, communication and self-development. It also serves as a complete review if you have participated in other leadership education programs. All law enforcement professionals must lead within their scope of responsibility and must be given the tools to understand what leadership looks like, feels like and sounds like. This course is designed to fill the void of leadership training which traditionally exists between entry level and mid-level supervision. Understand the importance of the true definition of policing. Learn how your actions and your organizational mission must align with that definition. This curriculum introduces the concept of Leading Down and Managing Up, through a detailed summary of the best-selling book, It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff. Take a comprehensive look at leadership and ethics. Identify the most common ethical dilemmas in law enforcement and how they destroy public trust and individual careers. As with all Credible Leadership Courses, video lectures are presented by select instructors and proven experts in the field of leadership and law enforcement.

February 3, 2025 to May 5, 2025, Online
March 3, 2025 to June 2, 2025, Online

Credible Leadership Module II (Online)

This course provides officers with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices needed to function as credible leaders in today's law enforcement agencies. *Module I is the first part of this five-part Public Safety Leadership Academy series. Modules build on each other and must be taken in sequence. (You must successfully complete Module I before you can register for Module II.)

February 3, 2025 to May 5, 2025, Online
March 3, 2025 to June 2, 2025, Online

Credible Leadership Module III (online)

This course provides officers with an understanding of the concepts, principles and practices needed to function as credible leaders in today's law enforcement agencies. *Modules I and II are the first two parts of this five-part Public Safety Leadership Academy series. Modules build on each other and must be taken in sequence. (You must successfully complete Modules I and II before you can register for Module III.)

March 3, 2025 to June 2, 2025, Online

Credible Leadership Module IV (Online)

This online course covers the knowledge and skills required for exemplary leaders. Course content was researched and field tested for more than 30 years and piloted in the LA Police Department. Officers master 60 skills critical leadership skills for success in justice and public safety, including empathy and ethical consciousness. NOTE: Modules I, II, and III are prerequisites for this course (modules build on each other and must be taken in sequence). Textbook, Every Officer is a Leader: Coaching Leadership, Learning and Performance in Justice, Public Safety and Security Organizations, Rev. 2nd Ed., by Dr. Terry Anderson, is required and may be purchased online at Amazon.com or other outlets.

February 3, 2025 to May 5, 2025, Online

Credible Leadership Module V (Online)

This course, the fifth and final installment of the Certified Credible Leaderhip series, is based on the Erik Therwanger's book, Leadership Connection. Mr. Therwanger is the founder of ThinkGREAT and has provided leadership training for many companies, military and law enforcement groups, and professionals in healthcare, education, and charitable organizations. The focus is on four aspects of Elite Leadership: enhancing perceptions, elevating priorities, empowering people, and exceeding possibilities. NOTE: Credible Leadership Modules I-IV are prerequisites for this course, and the textbook The Leadership Connection: The Link Between Leading and Succeeding is required. It can be purchased on Amazon.com or from the ThinkGREAT website at https://www.thinkgreat90.com.

This course contains no sections

Crisis Intervention Team

This class prepares the Law Enforcement and Public Safety professionals to better deal with people in a serious mental health crisis. CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) is a police-based, pre-booking jail diversion program that trains law enforcement professionals to better understand mental illness, de-escalate people in crisis, and direct them to appropriate care rather than jail. CIT programs emphasize access to treatment services rather than jail time for persons displaying signs of mental illness. Outcomes for both officers and the individuals in crisis are improved when communities work together in effective CIT programs. A partnership between law enforcement, the mental health system and consumers/families provide many benefits for the community.

March 17-21, 2025, Classroom 1826
June 23-27, 2025, Classroom 1826

Crisis Intervention Training in Prisons

This course is designed to help corrections officers identify common crises quickly and accurately and handle them effectively.

This course contains no sections

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

This course presents a comprehensive, phase-sensitive, integrated, multi-component approach to crisis/disaster intervention.

This course contains no sections

Death and Crime Scene Management for 1st Responders

Investigating the death of another person is the ultimate challenge for law enforcement personnel. Learn how first responders can have a major influence on the successful outcome of a case. Discover how to help ensure that a high quality investigation is conducted. This class will provide an overview of the duties and responsibilities of the first responders and the importance of the team concept during a death or violent crime investigation.

Thursday, April 3, 2025, Classroom 1412

Death and Homicide Investigations

This course covers natural, accidental, suicidal, and homicidal deaths that the officer may encounter, along with proven investigative strategies for each type of case. Students will learn a systematic process for handling crime scenes, from the initial approach through scene documentation and evidence collection. Students will also learn how the latest technology and forensic sciences can assist with investigations. Different motives for murder will be identified and compared to case examples, and follow-up investigative procedures and techniques will be identified.

March 10-14, 2025, Classroom 1826

Developing and Using Informants

Utilizing informants has been proven to be vital to the success of law enforcement investigations. Informants are used in gathering information that is not readily available to police officers. Informants are able to provide law enforcement with firsthand and timely intelligence. The value of informants makes controlling them and their circumstances critical. Learn methods that narcotics officers, investigators, and uniformed officers can use in developing and utilizing informants.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, Classroom 1511

Dignitary Protection

This course addresses the basics in providing Dignitary Protection. It allows for hands-on training by utilizi?ng lecture, labs and conducting field exercises with a protectee against various threats. There will be a minimum of three field exercises conducted in the public environment with a protectee. Participants should be free from any duties or responsibilities that would come in conflict with this course. Classes consist of day and night exercises over a 4-day period.

This course contains no sections

Drug Investigations

Conducting effective drug investigations can be a complicated and tedious process. There are numerous approaches which are all dependent on a never-ending litany of circumstances and possibilities. Having a basic understanding of the concepts and methods used in these investigations will be of great benefit to the drug investigator. This course is intended to provide those concepts and methods.

March 24-26, 2025, Classroom 1511

DWI Case Preparation

The student will learn to effectively prepare a case file for an Impaired Driving Investigation. The student will take a current or past case and develop it for presentation for prosecution.

This course contains no sections

DWI Detection & SFST

The class introduces the patrol officer to methods, techniques, and strategies used to detect impaired drivers and establish evidence necessary for successful prosecution. Standardized methods of field sobriety tests are introduced, including Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus. Practical exercises and controlled drinking exercises take place during afternoon and evening hours (days two and three) and class will begin around noon on those days. An Introduction to Drugged Driving segment is also taught. Students must demonstrate proficiency on the SFST battery of tests and pass a written test with a minimum score of 80.

This course contains no sections

Ethical Leadership

This 16-hour course discusses ethical behavior and leadership skills that are essential to policing in a democratic society. Coupled with ethical behavior, effective leadership ability places the police officer in the position of a powerful force to secure and maintain public safety and order. This course focuses on developing those leadership traits that incorporate the practice of doing the right thing, in the right way, for the right reason.

February 10-11, 2025, Classroom 1826

Field Force Operations Training

Mobile tactics are specialized techniques that give Mobile Field Force (MFF) personnel the ability to respond rapidly and complete high-risk missions beyond the capabilities of other personnel. This class will present an overview of Mobile Field Force Operations. It will also discuss how to plan and manage crowd events and spontaneous response to these events. In addition, it will discuss how to deal with the media.

This course contains no sections

Field Training Officer

This course will provide Field Training Officers with a perspective and understanding of the various roles they must fulfill and the basic requirements of their position in the program. The student will be introduced to various field training programs, emphasizing the San Jose and the Police Training Officer Models. Topics include program history, elements of the program standards and the San Jose Model's influence on the contemporary Police Training Officer Program.

April 21-25, 2025, Classroom 1425

Firearms In-Service Training & Qualification -- Dept of Corrections

The purpose of this course is to test the ability of the shooter to use the weapon(s) under conditions simulating the actual duty use of the weapon(s).

This course contains no sections

Firearms In-Service Training & Qualification-Law Enforcement

This course will provide the participant with the knowledge, skills, and materials to complete the mandated annual in-service qualification requirement.

This course contains no sections

Force on Force Instructor/ Safety Officer Training

This course is designed to provide the instructor student with the skills and knowledge to develop, implement and/or assist in safely administering force-on-force scenario-based training using Simunition guns and non-lethal marking rounds.

This course contains no sections

Fundamentals of the Investigative Process

This course is designed to assist the new investigator or patrol officer in managing a felony investigation. It covers the qualities of a successful investigator, and systematically examines each step in an investigation, including preliminary and follow-up steps. The course includes managing the crime scene, forensics, interviewing, taking statements, identifying eyewitnesses, the investigator's summary, and preparing felony files. Lecture and discussion will be reinforced with an exercise in which participants will evaluate a case and identify the steps necessary to correct the investigation.

June 24-26, 2025, Classroom 1412

Haz Mat & Bloodborne Pathogens

This course is designed to refresh the students understanding of the dangers involving a hazardous materials incident and review use of the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG). This course also is designed to familiarize the student with the various bloodborne pathogens, methods to reduce exposure, and steps to follow in the event of exposure to a bloodborne pathogen.

Thursday, January 16, 2025, Rolesville Police Department

Hazardous Materials (Online)

This course will 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 Guide (ERG).

This course contains no sections

Hotel/Motel Drug Interdiction

This class will cover drug interdiction at hotel / motel locations. Topics covered will be How to utilize the knock and talk to gain access to a room and Relationships with the staff.

Monday, February 3, 2025, Classroom 1507

Implicit Bias and Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement (Online)

As law enforcement professionals, we must realize that bias exists can affect one's actions. Therefore, we must know the differences between implicit bias and explicit bias and ensure that they have no negative influences on our official actions. In addition, de-escalation techniques and understanding the role of police officers in a democratic society are all strategies that can improve community and police relations. This course will explore these contemporary issues.

March 17, 2025 to May 16, 2025, Online

Instructor Development

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to instructor and Train-the-Trainer development. Course topics may include but are not limited to instructional techniques, use of technology in instruction, instructional simulation technologies, and Train-the-Trainer for non-lethal devices. 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 contains no sections

Instructor Training for Private Protective Services

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to instructor and Train-the-Trainer development. Course topics may include but are not limited to instructional techniques, use of technology in instruction, instructional simulation technologies, and Train-the-Trainer for non-lethal devices. 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 contains no sections

Instructor Training-General

This 93-hour course is required in order to teach many courses regulated by the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. To enter this course, students must submit an application showing that they know how to conduct research and develop a presentation, and that they have at least four years of criminal justice experience. There is an optional 5-hour Academic Checklist Preparation class which is offered prior to the start of class. Although the class is optional, attendance is strongly recommended as students will start their lesson plans. Students must provide any materials needed to research, develop, prepare, and present a 70-minute block of instruction on an approved criminal justice topic. Students can expect to spend considerable time outside of preparing lesson plans and audiovisual aids as well as practicing their presentations.

January 21, 2025 to February 7, 2025, Classroom 1412
February 18, 2025 to March 7, 2025, Classroom 1412
April 14, 2025 to May 2, 2025, Classroom 1412

Interview and Interrogation

This course will provide the officer with the basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct in-field interviews and interrogations. Various methods will be taught that are helpful in obtaining information related to an ongoing investigation as well as detecting signs of deception.

This course contains no sections

Interview and Interrogation Law (Online)

Interviews and interrogations often play important roles in criminal investigations. The collection of relevant information, development or elimination of suspects and many other pieces of the puzzle can be obtained through effective interview and interrogation techniques. In order for the information collected to be admissible in a court of law, it must be legally obtained. This course will provide a comprehensive legal review of the case law and statutes governing interviews and interrogations.

February 17, 2025 to April 18, 2025, Online

Introduction to Organized Retail Crime (Online)

Organizational retail crime, also known as ORC, represents a growing threat to the retail industry, involving coordinated efforts by organized groups to engage in criminal activities targeting retail establishments. Unlike individual shoplifting incidents, organizational retail crime is characterized by its strategic planning, and involvement of multiple participants, and often extends across various geographical locations. The perpetrators of organizational retail crime employ sophisticated techniques, posing challenges to retailers and law enforcement agencies. This course will provide increased awareness to law enforcement officers tasked with preventing and combating this type of criminal activity.

March 17, 2025 to May 16, 2025, Online

Leadership Essentials for Law Enforcement Professionals

Leadership Essentials for Law Enforcement Professionals is designed for active law enforcement officers who are emerging leaders or currently occupy a leadership position (all levels). Examine your current leadership profile and learn the impact of an effective leader. Challenge yourself and embrace leadership qualities that will develop the full potential of the teams you lead!

This course contains no sections

Leadership on the Line

This course focuses on the concept of adaptive change and the leadership skills law enforcement officials and executives need to lead their organizations successfully. The course provides leadership concepts taught at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. It is designed to challenge leaders with alternative leadership methods that will enhance both their personal and their professional growth.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, Classroom 1412

LIDAR Operator Certification Training

This course is for LIDAR Operator Certification. In this class, the student will become familiar with the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission rules and regulations, the accredited school's rules and regulations, the course schedule, standards for completion, and the performance objectives pertaining to the accredited LIDAR Operator Training Course. You will need to bring to class a current LIDAR manual and LIDAR unit(s). The state exam will be administered by the N.C. Training and Standards Commission.

January 23-24, 2025, Classroom 1511
March 27-28, 2025, Classroom 1511

Mental Health 1st Aid for Public Safety

This course was designed to provide training in topics related to the duties assigned and performed by law enforcement and detention personnel in Sheriffs' Offices. It will help them better understand mental illnesses and addictions and provide them with effective response options to deescalate incidents without compromising safety. The course teaches the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches individuals how to help someone in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge.

This course contains no sections

Microsoft Word for General Instructors

This course helps General Instructor candidates develop their lesson plans to standards as established by the Criminal Justice Standards Commission, preparing them for the General Instructor Certification Class.

This course contains no sections

Mid-Level Management

This course is designed to provide training in all topics directly related to supervision or management activities. Course topics may include but are not limited to field training officer training, risk management, developing policy and procedures, internal affairs, and supervision and management. 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.

March 17-19, 2025, Classroom 1425

Modern Combatives and Tactics (Level 1)

Many basic tactics have stayed the same for centuries, with the evolution of technology and society, the way law enforcement must operate while conducting building/room clearances is forever evolving. No tactical concept is perfect, or without risk. This class will help officers to significantly reduce risk posed to themselves by staying up-to-date on their building clearing tactics. Furthermore, there is often a disconnect between combatives and effective clearing techniques. Students in this course will learn and demonstrate proven leverage-based subject control techniques. By the end of the course, students will have pressure-tested both the building clearing techniques and subject control techniques in a scenario-based environment. Recommended course attire: BDU style pants, hooded sweat shirt, duty belt, body armor and gloves.

January 29-31, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track

Modern Combatives and Tactics Level 2

Tactics, techniques and principles (TTPs) utilized in law enforcement should complement each other in their applications. Oftentimes a subject control technique may be effective in controlling a subject in a sterile environment yet leaves the officer vulnerable to other threats in a real-world environment. In this course we attempt to bridge the gap between a purely Close Quarter Battle (CQB) based course and a purely subject control course. We believe combatives should be taught as an all-encompassing theory so major gaps are not exposed when techniques are utilized in real world application. Prerequisites: Modern Combatives and Tactics Level 1 or Officer Survival 1

This course contains no sections

Ncja Police Law Institute (PLI)

This course is designed to provide the skills necessary to conduct enforcement activities associated with search warrants, warrantless searches, interviews, eyewitness identifications and non-testimonial identification orders and to avoid liability while conducting such activities. This class is for NC Commission Certified Law Enforcement Officers. Required Textbooks: Robert Farb's, Arrest, Search and Investigations in NC along with two (2) student manuals.

This course contains no sections

Officer Survival I

This course reinforces and expands skills acquired in BLET that relate to high-risk duties. The instruction will provide students with new tactical information through a lecture and demonstration format, allowing the student to practice, in a structured and controlled environment, the newly acquired skills.

February 24-28, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track

Officer Survival II

This course will provide students with advanced tactical strategies and maneuvers to successfully survive dangerous confrontations. Officers will be exposed to practical exercises that are designed to enhance their decision making abilities and physical skills needed to survive violent encounters. Students will make force-on- force choices, deploy a variety of their issued tools, and engage in scenario exercises under a variety of environmental conditions. Duty belt full gear, Large Gear Bag, and duty issued handgun: Yes Eye and ear protection: Yes Clothing: BDU style, and gym clothing gear, Sweat Shirt (hooded if possible), Gloves recommended Medical release questionnaire: approval required, no light duty attendees Patrol Vehicle: Yes Rounds needed for course: 200 (practice ammunition)

This course contains no sections

Padded Assailant Role-Player Training

To provide Compliance and Control Tactics (CCT) and Subject Control Arrest Techniques (SCAT) Instructors or other instructors who assist with scenario-based training with the basic knowledge to be an effective role player during scenario testing.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, Scat Room 1801

Pistol Mounted Optics

The Pistol Mounted Optic offers many advantages to officers to include faster sight acquisition, lowlight shooting conditions made easier, and malfunction clearances made easier. The integration and utilization of the optics on pistols is not new in law enforcement and competitive shooting; however, performance enhancements occur more rapidly than ever, and this latest tool acquisition offers a tremendous safety and multifaceted opportunity. The ability to have only two points to develop in a sight picture as opposed to three simplify and speed up accurate shots. This lesson plan serves as a guide for the Pistol Mounted Optics program. Target focus instead of front sight focus is emphasized.

This course contains no sections

Police K-9 Scenario-Based Deployment Training

This course will provide students with an understanding of the risk factors involved in making high-risk arrests using their assigned police canine.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track
Wednesday, January 22, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track

Police Law Update (Online)

This course is for law enforcement officers who have completed the two-week Police Law Institute course within the last two years. Participants will review concepts presented in that course and also learn about recent case law, statutory changes and interpretations, legislative updates to juvenile law and other areas, and U.S. Supreme Court and NC Supreme Court opinions. The major focus of this course is search and seizure, search warrants, interrogation law, and civil liability - with the goal of helping officers keep their skills updated and avoid liability while conducting their duties.

This course contains no sections

Police Patrol Rifle

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.

This course contains no sections

Preparing for Promotion

This course will provide an overview of the process of promotion and what it takes to promote. Upon completing this course, the student will have a thorough understanding of the oral review board and the written testing process. A complete review and analysis of common interview questions and detailed responses to help the student build confidence and be highly competitive during the promotional process.

March 20-21, 2025, Classroom 1425

Proactive State and Federal Investigations

This class introduces the tools and methods used by investigators working proactive cases, with an emphasis on narcotics and vice investigations. The course shows students how to plan and steer an investigation from the moment of identifying targets to litigation and conviction. Students will learn about the tools available, how to use them effectively, where to go for help, and legal issues. Students will go from the passive/reactive role of observing a case unfold to the commanding role of a lead investigator. They will find out how to build a case with a group or task force, using informants and working with prosecutors, paralegals, forensic accountants, analysts, and other professionals.

February 26-28, 2025, Classroom 1826

Protest Management (online)

The United States has a long history of protests and the First Amendment to the Constitution protects citizen's right to participate in them. However, there are times when lawful protests become unlawful. In this course, we will explore some of the recent protests and the tactics used by protestors. We will also examine the lessons learned by law enforcement and other governmental organizations before, during and after the events have occurred.

This course contains no sections

Protest Management (Online)

America has an historic history of protests and the First Amendment directly protects them. There are, however, times when lawful protests become unlawful. In this course, we will explore some recent protests, protestor tactics and lessons learned from those events.

February 17, 2025 to April 18, 2025, Online
March 17, 2025 to May 16, 2025, Online

Public Speaking

This course shows participants how to prepare and deliver effective presentations to groups of various sizes.

March 20-21, 2025, Classroom 1507

RADAR Operator Certification

This course will familiarize the student with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission's rules and regulations, the accredited school's rules and regulations, the course schedule, standards of completion, and the performance objectives pertaining to the RADAR, RADAR/TD, RADAR/LIDAR or RADAR/TD/LIDAR Operator Training courses. It will acquaint the student with basic principles of traffic RADAR and the factors that can affect the accuracy and effectiveness of RADAR units. The student will learn the processes through which RADAR evidence has come to be accepted in courts and operational procedures necessary for judicial acceptance. Also, students will become familiar with and operate Specific RADAR instruments under supervised field practice.

This course contains no sections

Radar Operator Certification Training

Radar Operator Certification is a program offered under the rules and regulations of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and requires 100% attendance. Students must bring a current Radar Operator Manual and Supplement to class and a vehicle equipped with an approved radar unit (allow one vehicle for every three officers). Officers field testing on units equipped with front and rear antenna must be prepared to test on the full operation of the unit. Manuals can be purchased through the North Carolina Justice Academy.

This course contains no sections

Radar Operator Recertification Training

Radar Operator Recertification is a program offered under the rules and regulations of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and requires 100% attendance. This class is for those who are currently certified or those who are within their grace period. Participants must bring a current Radar Operator Manual and Supplement to class and a vehicle equipped with an approved radar unit (allow one vehicle for every three officers). Officers field testing on units equipped with front and rear antenna must be prepared to test on the full operation of the unit. Manuals can be purchased through the North Carolina Justice Academy.

February 20-21, 2025, Classroom 1511
June 26-27, 2025, Classroom 1511

Radar/LIDAR Recertification

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.

May 15-16, 2025, Classroom 1511

S.W.A.T.

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.

This course contains no sections

School Resource Officer Law (Online)

School Resource Officer Law is a course intended to benefit law enforcement officers who are tasked with enforcing criminal law within our schools. The course will provide training in enforcement activities associated with search warrants, warrantless searches, interviews, eye-witness identifications and non-testimonial identification orders for those who are subject to potential legal liability resulting from those activities. The course will provide School Resource Officers with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct enforcement activities associated with schools, consistent with state and federal law. This is a self-paced, online course that is delivered via the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS). There are no in-course deadlines for assignments. All assignments and testing must be completed by the end date of the course.

March 17, 2025 to May 16, 2025, Online

Search & Seizure Laws

This course provides a condensed treatment of search and seizure legal issues covered in more detail in the two-week PLI course. This course is especially useful for officers who cannot schedule attendance in the two-week PLI course, or those who are interested in a PLI-refresher and update on critical search & seizure topics. Students are required to bring a current copy of the textbook Arrest, Search and Investigation written by Robert Farb and published by the Institute of Government.

February 24-25, 2025, Classroom 1826

Search Warrant Preparation

This class is for investigators and other law enforcement officers charged with the responsibility of conducting warrantless searches and drafting of search warrants. This course provides the skills necessary to determine when a search warrant is required - and how to correctly draft and lawfully execute a search warrant. Some topics discussed are the Fourth Amendment privacy rights; exceptions to the search warrant requirement; how to defend a search warrant against a Motion to Suppress; preparing search warrants; and problem areas resulting in potential civil liability.

April 23-24, 2025, Classroom 1826

Servant Leadership

Leadership is such a broad discussion that at times it can become very confusing and a bit overwhelming. Servant leadership becomes the ideal behavior model to influence the law enforcement agency's culture to practice democratic problem- solving and decision-making. This class will provide participants with information on Servant Leadership and its potential for creating more effective leaders and followers in an organization.

This course contains no sections

SFST Instructor Refresher

This course will familiarize the student with constitutional law and the laws of arrest, search, and seizure for the purpose of recognizing the appropriate applications of those laws in enforcement situations. This eight-hour class will meet or exceed the requirements of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International Association of Chiefs of Police for SFST refresher and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services mandatory Instructor Update.

This course contains no sections

SFST Refresher

This course is designed as a refresher for those who have already completed a DWI Detection and SFST class (proof is required). Participants will learn about new issues of importance in addition to thoroughly reviewing the standardized battery of tests and related topics. In order to successfully complete the course, participants must pass a written test and prove proficient when administering the field tests.

This course contains no sections

Situational Awareness and Threat Behavioral Analysis

This course is designed to provide students with the necessary tools to recognize threat behaviors and environments. The techniques taught will significantly enhance the officer's ability to detect emerging or active threats to them personally, or to others, and implement effective security countermeasures. Participants will learn how to implement advanced situational awareness and behavioral analysis in all LEO encounters using nonverbal recognition techniques to greatly enhance their effectiveness and personal safety as a law enforcement officer. This class is highly recommended for all law enforcement officers from new hires to executive management.

This course contains no sections

Social Media and Open Source Intelligence for Law Enforcement

This course will provide students with a basic knowledge and understanding of open source research related to law enforcement investigations. Students will gain awareness and understanding of a variety of open source techniques and capabilities that can be used as effective investigative tools. Students should expect to gain the knowledge necessary to preserve open source information for discovery purposes and to participate in practical case studies.

This course contains no sections

Solo Active Assailant Skills for LEO/SRO

A solo active assailant response - a single officer confronting an attacker - is something an officer hopes not to experience. If assistance is seconds away, the officer should wait and respond as part of a team; if assistance is minutes away, time is the first and worst enemy. This course introduces officers to the tactical principles needed to initiate a solo active assailant response, including use of deadly force, tactical breathing, safe weapon handling skills, and force-on-force scenarios. The course also includes practical exercises to learn the techniques of movement to contact and engagement.

This course contains no sections

Sovereign Citizens & 1st Amendment Auditors

This dynamic and immersive training will focus on sovereign citizens and their rapidly increasing problematic contact with all forms of government, with a specific focus on interactions with law enforcement and criminal justice personnel. Basic awareness of this growing threat and how it will directly impact the daily duties and responsibilities of law enforcement and other government entities will be discussed at length. Attendees should expect a general indoctrination into the sovereign citizen movement to help further awareness, recognition and mitigation of this unconventional and bothersome problem. Additionally, a significant portion of training will cover First Amendment Auditors, their goals and tactics, and best practices when encountering them.

This course contains no sections

Specialized Firearms Instructor Development

This course is designed to teach the Specialized Firearms Instructor to truly begin or to continue their journey to being a genuine subject matter expert (SME) in firearms training. This training will stand you apart from the field of other trainers in firearms by correcting any current problems you have first, then teaching you how to fix your students' issues. It will give the firearms instructor the information that is needed to diagnose problems and issues with shooters much more quickly than they would be able to without years of experience in firearms training. This course is the result of over 30 years of firearms instructor knowledge and over 20 years of being a nationally and internationally ranked and sponsored professional USPSA Grand Master pistol competitor. Last, this course will assist the current firearms trainer in shortening the amount of time it takes to learn exactly how to help shooters overcome problem areas encountered on the range and on the street.

This course contains no sections

Spontaneous Crowd Control

This 16-hour course, which includes a tabletop exercise, focuses on crowd dynamics and highlights findings from the Ferguson riots. It covers mutual aid, use of force, crowd types, and categories of protesters and their tactics. It also examines the Golden Hour before incident command is established, a critical period that involves small unit command and control, communication, mental preparation, logistics, and police tactics. The course also addresses the 1st Amendment and how it relates to protests, and laws and special powers of authority that may be granted in states of emergency.

This course contains no sections

SRO (School Resource Officer) Law

This course covers the legal issues involved in schools. Topics to be discussed are the laws of search and seizure of students' persons and their belongings, civil liability issues faced in schools, constitutional issues when interviewing students, and the use of force rules. Also discussed are School Administrator vs. LEO searches, the use of canines in schools, developing policy and protocols between schools and Law enforcement, First Amendment rights vs. criminal behavior, deadly force - Tennessee v Garner standard, and Qualified Immunity.

This course contains no sections

Suicide Investigation Procedures

This course will provide the law enforcement officer with assistance during a suspect suicide investigation.

May 15-16, 2025, Classroom 1108

Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Post-Vention

Why do people commit suicide? How can you ask someone if he or she is feeling suicidal? What do you do if someone IS suicidal? How can you handle the strong emotions suicide generates? This course provides answers to these and other questions and helps participants develop practical skills for prevention, intervention, and post-intervention. Small group role plays allow participants to apply techniques as they are learned.

This course contains no sections

Swat Training

This course is designed as refresher course for officers assigned to special tactical units that deal with high-risk situations that are outside of the training and capabilities of the normal law enforcement officer's duties.

This course contains no sections

Tactical Operations

This course is designed to review topics related to tactical preparation or response activities and use of force by law enforcement officers. Course topics may include, but are not limited to, subject control and handcuffing, building/room entries and searches, responding to crimes in progress, domestic violence intervention, impact weapons and electronic control devices (Taser) procedures.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track
Thursday, January 23, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track
Monday, January 27, 2025, East Wake Campus Driving Track

Telecommunicator Certification

The telecommunicator has evolved into a highly-respected, professional position in emergency services. This certification course will familiarize students with the rules and regulations of the NC Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission as they pertain to telecommunicators, and prepare them to work safely and effectively in the profession.

This course contains no sections

The Burden of Command

This course is designed to provide supervisors and managers with the tools to enhance the performance of workers and work units. The course examines five critical areas that relate to the ability to be both a leader and manager. The five areas are described as burdens because of the ongoing effort required to change leaders' behaviors.

This course contains no sections

The Law of Traffic Stops (Online)

Students will review decisions by the United States Supreme Court, Federal Courts of Appeal and North Carolina courts concerning law enforcement stops of motor vehicles. Discussion areas include the legal standards for stopping vehicles, police pursuits and the lawful duration of traffic stops. The course will also cover special considerations pertaining to DWI checkpoints and whether Miranda warnings must be read to motorists.

January 20, 2025 to March 21, 2025, Online

Verbal Judo: Tactical Communication

This course will provide the technical and practical skills needed to use presence of words in an encounter to calm difficult people who may be under severe emotional stress or other influences, redirect the behavior of hostile people, diffuse potentially dangerous situations, perform professionally under all conditions, and achieve the desired outcome.

This course contains no sections

Veterans Crisis Intervention Team (VCIT)

This course is geared for first responders LEO/ EMS/ Fire and Telecommunicators who also served in the past or are currently serving in the military. The focus it to identify specific issues and concerns frequently seen in the veteran population by our community first responders. Our focus is to utilize de-escalation techniques when appropriate and try and connect the veteran to a resource in the community.

This course contains no sections

Videotaping the Police (Online)

Citizens are being arrested for videotaping law enforcement activity, in violation of their Constitutional First Amendment Rights. As a result, law enforcement officers and their respective agencies are being sued and paying out settlements. Law enforcement officers should understand the law relating to recording police activity and have the ability to handle these interactions in a professional manner. This course will familiarize law enforcement officers with the citizen's right to record their activities in public places, in accordance with their First Amendment Rights.

This course contains no sections

Weapon Mounted Light Systems

This course provides students with a knowledge base for shooting and searching methods in low-light environments. Required equipment: gun and 400 rounds of ammunition, flashlight, duty gear, groin protection vest and gloves (force on force day), and eye and ear protection.

This course contains no sections