5/19/2024 6:38:53 PM	AJ 221.1 Course Outline as of Fall 1988	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  AJ 221.1	Title:  PC 832 ARREST COURS
Full Title:  PC 832 Arrest Course
Last Reviewed:5/14/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.00	Lecture Scheduled	32.00		1 max.	Lecture Scheduled	32.00
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	8.00		1 min.	Lab Scheduled	8.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	40.00			Contact Total	40.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  64.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 104.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  P/NP Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  AJ 299.72

Catalog Description:

Fulfills requirements of Section 832 of the Penal Code as mandated by peace officer standards and training.  Laws of arrest, search and seizure, communications and arrest control.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Fulfills requirements of section 832 of the penal code as mandated by Peace Officer Standards & Training. Laws of arrest, search & seizure, communications & arrest control.

(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

  Performance objective based course using applicable behavioral

 objectives specified by P.O.S.T.

Topics and Scope

  1.  Professional Orientation.

        a. professionalism

        b. ethics

        c. unethical conduct

        d. administration of justice components

        e. California court systems

        f. discretionary decision making

 2.  Law.

        a. introduction to law

        b. crime elements

        c. criminal intent

        d. parties to crime

        e. defenses

        f. probable cause

        g. obstruction of justice

        h. constitutional rights

        i. laws of arrest

        j. effects of force

        k. reasonable force

        l. deadly force

        m. illegal force against prisoners

 3.  Laws of Evidence.

        a. concepts of evidence

        b. rules of evidence

        c. search concepts

        d. seizure concepts

        e. miranda case law

 4.  Investigations.

        a. preliminary investigation

        b. crime scene notes

        c. ID, collect, and preserve

        d. chain of custody

  5.  Community Relations.

        a.  Community Attitudes and Influences

  6.  Communications

        a.  Interpersonal Communications

       b.  Note Taking

       c.  Introduction to Report Writing

       d.  Interviewing

   7.  Arrest and Control

       a.  Principles of Weaponless Defense

       b.  Armed Suspect/Weaponless Defense/Weapons Retention

       c.  Person Search Techniques

       d.  Search/Control Simulation

       e.  Restraint Devices

       f.  Prisoner Transportation

   8.  POST Examination

       a.  Written exam

       b.  Skills exam

Assignments:

  1.  Written homework.

 2.  Active class participation.

        a. class discussion

        b. role playing

        c. practice and feedback

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 10%
Written homework
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 10%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 80 - 90%
Multiple choice, True/false
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

  Hand-out material related to performance objectives.

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