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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of the structure and workings of the
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which will
minimally include the departmental organizational chart, institutional
missions, chain of command, insignia identification, inmate reception
process, inmate custody levels, and staff classifications.
2. Build and maintain physical fitness through regular exercise and
demonstrate a commitment to pursue a lifelong program of exercise and
physical fitness.
3. Demonstrate the ability to exercise ethics, leadership and
professionalism, and to ensure that discrimination, retaliation, and
sexual harassment do not occur in the workplace.
4. Perform duties and demonstrate values that will ensure that he/she
can identify unethical behavior based on departmental standards, and take
the appropriate actions to ensure that personal integrity and the
reputation of the Department of Corrections is maintained.
5. Defend him/herself without the use of weapons, and state the
importance of a career-long commitment to practicing weaponless defense
skills.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of the safety rules, nomenclature,
qualification requirements and familiarization with the operation and
shooting techniques for the Ruger rifle, Smith & Wesson revolver, and
Remington shotgun, and shoot a specific course of fire for each weapon.
7. Recall and apply introductory criminal law concepts and an overview of
the criminal justice system and crimes against the criminal justice
system.
8. Recall and apply the current State of California laws of arrest as they
relate to criminal behavior, investigation, laws of evidence, and search
and seizure.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of the services provided by CDCr's substance
abuse treatment program and specifically his/her role in how these
services are provided, and identify the early stages of relapse,
intervention strategies and how to use an alternative to incarceration for
substance abuse violations.
10. Make presentations in front of small groups in a corrections
environment.
11. Demonstrate accepted procedures for administering first aid and Cardio
Pulmonary Resuscitation.
12. Demonstrate the proper use of monadnock expandable baton techniques,
basic draws authorized by California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR), and where to strike an opponent on the body.
13. Write reports commonly prepared by corrections officers, using proper
grammar and punctuation and correct formatting.
14. Demonstrate an awareness of the legal issues facing a correctional
peace officer and the ability to apply this training as a strategy for
litigation avoidance.
15. State and adhere to the rights, responsibilities, and expectations
that the Department of Corrections has of professional correctional peace
officers.
16. Demonstrate the knowledge and basic skills necessary to protect
him/herself and coworkers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens, and if
exposed, to take immediate steps to minimize the possibility of becoming
infected.
17. Interact with inmates and staff in a positive professional manner,
apply proper communication techniques needed to identify and react to
overly familiar behavior, and know the consequences that may arise when an
inmates rights are violated.
18. Demonstrate the ability to use constructive and diffusing tactical
communication skills with hostile inmates and those in crisis.
19. Recognize stress and its effects on job performance, and have a
working knowledge of how to manage job-related stress.
20. Identify and maintain department-issued communications and alarm
devices and demonstrate proficiency in their use and the use of
communication terminology, and recognize the value of effective
communication to personal safety and security and the safety and security
of others in a correctional facility.
21. Effectively control keys, tools, and equipment through accurate
inventory and inspection, and complete reporting requirements when a key
or tool is missing or there is a discrepancy.
22. Conduct inmate counts, within policy and in conformance with
institution procedures, avoid breaches in security, and complete and
submit the required forms and reports.
23. Handle and inventory inmate property in accordance with the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) policy and procedures.
24. State the mission and the primary functions of the Office of
Investigative Services, and identify ways that behavior both on and off
duty affects the ability to discharge responsibility as a correctional
peace officer.
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1. Orientation to California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation
2. Orientation to Academy and Student Preparation
3. Physical Fitness
4. Preventing Sexual Harassment
5. Ethics, Leadership and Professionalism
6. Arrest and Control
7. Firearms Familiarization and Marksmanship
8. Criminal Justice System
9. Introduction to Criminal Law
10. Crimes Against the Justice System
11. Laws of Arrest
12. Preliminary Investigation
13. Search and Seizure
14. Presentation of Evidence
15. Investigative Report Writing
16. Use of Force
17. Fire Safety
18. First Aid / CPR
19. Office of Substance Abuse Training
20. Introduction to Public Speaking
21. Expandable Baton
22. Report Writing
23. Diversity
24. Staff Rights and Responsibilities
25. Bloodborne Pathogens
26. Inmate / Staff Relations
27. Stress Management
28. Radio Communications / Alarms
29. Tactical Communications
30. Key and Tool Control
31. Inmate Count Procedures
32. Inmate Property
33. Office of Investigative Services
