Fundamentals of Patrol

Catalog description

Students learn to use radio equipment properly, identify the uses of mobile computing devices, and understand the uses of FCIC/NCIC/NLETS and other electronic database resources; learn about community-oriented policing and how it is implemented as a problem-solving model, and learn to identify the SARA problem-solving model and its application in real-life situations. They learn about officer safety issues and learn to identify and avoid fatal errors, identify and manage stress, and maintain mental and physical fitness. They learn how to prepare to patrol and learn what a BOLO is and how to create and cancel a BOLO, respond to a call, approach a suspect, set up a perimeter, conduct a building search, make an arrest, transport a prisoner, and process the prisoner.