Law Enforcement-Community Policing Certificate of Achievement

This certificate provides students with a concentrated study of community policing, procedural justice and a variety of cultural communities served by law enforcement in the region.

Enrollment andCompleter Projections – projection of number of students to earn certificateannually

 

 

	2022	2023
CB01: Course Department Number	CB02: Course Title	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total
ADMJ-120	Introduction to the Administration of Justice	7	210	7	210
ADMJ-123	Introduction to Community Policing	2	70	2	70
LGBT-120	Introduction to LGBT Studies	1	35	1	35
HUMA-112	Introduction to Africana Studies	1	30	1	30
HUMA-113	Introduction to Mex-American and Chicana(o) Studies	1	30	1	30
HUMA-160	Filipina(o)-American Heritage	1	30	1	30

The goals of the Community Policing Certificate of Achievement are to:

 

1.       Enhance the cultural competence of future and incumbent employees of the criminal justice system.

2.       Provide students will skills and knowledge to implement problem-solving policing and intelligence-led policing strategies.

Required Courses(6 units):

 

ADMJ-120Introduction to the Administration of Justice – 3 units

ADMJ-123Introduction to Community Policing – 3 units

 

Elective Courses (9 units):

 

LGBT-120Introduction to LGBT Studies – 3 units

HUMA-112Introduction to Africana Studies – 3 units

HUMA-113Introduction to Mex-American and Chicana(o) Studies – 3 units

HUMA-160Filipina(o)-American Heritage – 3 units

This certificate program fits within the Administration of Justice Department and is a career technical education program support future and incumbent criminal justice professionals.  It furthers the college’s workforce training mission and supports students who seek to transfer to a4-year institution.  This certificate program responds to and complies with the legislative intent of AB846 signed into law in October 2020 amending section 1031 of the California Government Code. It also supports the legislative intent of AB1460 signed into law in 2020requiring ethnic studies for students seeking to graduate from the CSU system. Finally, this certificate program is responsive to the California Community College Chancellor’s “call to action” in June of 2020 asking for change in police training.

 

Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the history, structure, and functions of the main components of the American criminal justice system.
2. Produce written communications that meet the standards for transfer and a criminal justice system professional.
3. Examine critically contemporary problems and issues within criminal justice.
4. Examine bias and cultural competence in the criminal justice system.

Napa Valley College currently provides entry-level and in-service workforce training for law enforcement officers, 9-1-1 dispatchers, and correctional officers. There are approximately 90,000 law enforcement officers and 9-1-1 dispatchers and37,000 correctional officers working in California.

 

The Administration of Justice Department prepares students for this sizeable workforce.  This certificate program provides an additional step in the pathway to a two-year degree and or transfer to a 4-years institution.

1.   Program Requirements – includes course requirements and sequencing that reflect program goals

 

Required Courses(6 units):

 

ADMJ-120Introduction to the Administration of Justice – 3 units

ADMJ-123Introduction to Community Policing – 3 units

 

Elective Courses (9 units):

 

LGBT-120Introduction to LGBT Studies – 3 units

HUMA-112Introduction to Africana Studies – 3 units

HUMA-113Introduction to Mex-American and Chicana(o) Studies – 3 units

HUMA-160Filipina(o)-American Heritage – 3 units

 

 

Fall Semester:

 

ADMJ-120Introduction to the Administration of Justice

ADMJ-123Introduction to Community Policing

1 Elective

 

Spring Semester:

2 Electives

This certificate program fits within the existing Administration of Justice Department with support from the Child Family Studies and Education Department and Humanities Department. No additional curriculum or section offerings are required.

Although there have been conversations about developing this type of certificate at other community colleges in the region, this program is unique in the region if not in the entire state. NVC faculty collaborate regionally and statewide with discipline colleagues on an ongoing basis to ensure alignment and best practices. This certificate is unique in the region and are not offered by any other college in our surrounding area, so there will be no impact on the other colleges.