Traffic Stops

Catalog description

At the end of this course, students should be able to identify common criminal and noncriminal traffic violations. Students will also be able to recognize the characteristics of a professional traffic stop free of discriminatory or bias-based policing and be able to recognize when and how to initiate a safe and professional unknown risk traffic stop. Students should be able to correctly complete and take appropriate law enforcement action as appropriate. Students should be able to identify relevant safety factors involved in a high-risk traffic stop and prepare to make the stop while maintaining communication with dispatch and backup and be able to safely apply a tactical approach when conducting and concluding a high-risk traffic stop