POE

Subject

POE

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture Minnesota Traffic Code is an introduction to the elements of traffic offenses. These elements are analyzed and applied to hypothetical situations. Included are definitions and terms. This course covers instruction in Minnesota automobile insurance law (Chapter 65B), motor vehicle registration law (Chapter 168), traffic law (Chapter 169), and driver's license law (Chapter 171).

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

Subject

POE

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture Students will examine the following community policing issues: community interaction, community response, community partnerships, police ethics and misconduct, leadership, crime prevention, crisis intervention including recognizing and handling abnormal persons, stress management, officer liability, selected judicial decisions, statutes, and reporting. The course explores relationships between the criminal justice system and the community with emphasis on developing positive relationships. Students will complete a service learning project during the semester. (Student can earn credit in only one course, either CRJS 2214 or POE/LAW 1528.)

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture Juvenile Justice and Delinquency emphasizes the origin, development, organization, functions, and jurisdiction of the Juvenile Justice System in America, P a g e | 107

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Police Report Writing is a study of the importance of taking effective complete notes, then transcribing the information into clear, complete, concise, police reports. This includes preserving a chain of evidence through accurate reports. The common types of report forms currently in use are included. Writing complete and accurate police reports will be required. Prerequisities: ENGL 1231

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture Police and Human Behavior provides a practical overview of the interaction between police and the communities they serve. Topic areas include victimization, hate/bias motivated crimes, domestic abuse, people with disabilities and persons in crisis. Prerequisities: SOC 1310

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lab This course is designed for the new law enforcement cadet and is designed to enhance their physical fitness level with physical conditioning utilizing a rigorous exercise program combined with a martial arts style conditioning including sparring. The class will be taught in a disciplined martial arts atmosphere and will be structured to teach the cadet the skills they need to survive a street encounter using hand and foot striking techniques. The cadet will learn how to block and strike with their hands and feet through sparring exercises. The cadet should expect to be hit and to hit back in the exercises however, special equipment will be required. This course must have a doctor's sign-off for physical activity. This course is a prerequisite for the defensive tactics program. RESTRICTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT STUDENTS ONLY. This course must have a doctor's signoff for physical activity. This course is a prerequisite for the defensive tactics program. MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE | 2024-25 CURRICULUM CATALOG

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture Criminal and Civil Procedure provides a framework for criminal procedure including individual rights, the criminal court system, arrest, probable cause, admissions, confessions, identification procedures, and evidence. This course includes the study of the Bill of Rights, search and seizure, the exclusionary rule. The focus is to provide the entry level peace officer with a practical working knowledge of the constitutional issues that relate to the collection, recovery, and preservation of evidence in criminal cases. In addition, students will become familiar with the basics of law enforcement's role in civil issues. Prerequisities: SOC 1310

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Traffic Enforcement covers instruction and practical experience in radar operation, accident investigation, radio procedures, and defensive/evasive driving. Prerequisities: LAW 1520, POE 1520

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Firearms covers the use of deadly force, firearms safety, care and cleaning of service weapons, and firearms shooting principles. The course focuses on students' decision-making ability and firearms shooting ability. Prerequisities: LAW 1520, LAW 1544, LAW 2511, POE 1520, POE 1544, POE 2511

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Interviewing Techniques covers proper procedures for interviewing and interrogation of victims, witnesses, and suspects. This course explores interviewing burglary victims, robbery victims, sexual assault victims, and child victims as well as victims of other types of crime. Taking statements from victims, witnesses, and suspects will be included. Written reports will be expected on all projects. Prerequisities: LAW 1520, LAW 1544, LAW 1595

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Standardized Field Sobriety Testing covers instruction in DWI traffic enforcement, field sobriety testing, horizontal gaze nystagmus, and divided attention testing. P a g e | 108

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Credit unit

credit

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

Subject

POE

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lab Basic Firearms includes basic fundamentals of handgun shooting. Nomenclature of firearms, use of force, and statutes regulating use of force. (Requires enrollment in the Law Enforcement program and instructor permission.)

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Credit unit

credit

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Drug and Gang Investigation follows a lecture and discussion format. Both licit and illicit substances and implications for their use and abuse are presented. Drug abuse prevention, enforcement, and drug identification are explored. The social and health consequences of these drugs are discussed followed by an in-depth review of the drugs most commonly abused in our schools and neighborhoods. An overview of the international and domestic drug trafficking problem is offered providing an understanding of the origins of illicit drugs. Finally, drug-related crime is discussed in the context of predatory, political, and criminal behavior related to the drug trade. Prerequisities: LAW 1520, POE 1520

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture/Lab Police Operations covers the types and methods of patrol and factors involved in one's perception and observation of others. Factors, duties related to patrol, and basic communication systems are included. Proper patrol techniques relative to pedestrian approaches and field interrogations as well as handling inebriates and crisis situations are explored. This course also provides an opportunity to experience training for night conditions. Traditional law enforcement training has found to limit night MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE | 2024-25 CURRICULUM CATALOG training for various reasons. Considerations should be given to provide training not only during daylight but in night conditions also. Training that reflects actual work conditions assists in identifying problem areas that require special attention of officers to conduct their duties both effectively and safely. This course also covers the knowledge and skills to preserve the peace and tranquility of the community and to protect the lives and property of the people who live in and visit that community. The focus of this course is on patrol functions and patrol techniques relative to beat patrol. Practical exercises are used to demonstrate safe and effective tactics. Officer survival, crime in progress, felony in progress, person searches, vehicle stops, building searches, disturbance, handcuffing, hostages and barricaded suspects, and field problems are demonstrated with examples and lecture. Prerequisities: LAW 1520, LAW 1544, LAW 1595, LAW 2511, POE 1520, POE 1544, POE 1595, POE 2511

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Lecture POST Prep covers a review of the Minnesota Professional Peace Officer Education Program objectives. The purpose of this course is to prepare the student to take the peace officer licensing exam. (Must be enrolled in final semester of accredited PPOE program including the clinical skills component, or have completed an accredited PPOE program including clinical skills component.)

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Credit unit

credit

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

| Internship Field Training Experience will provide practical training by the Hibbing Police Department Field Training Officers. Students will ride along with full time officers. Students will be expected to complete the daily task of a police officer.

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

Prerequisite

Completion of 32 first year credits or equivalent of same.

| Lecture/Lab Criminal Investigation is a study of the responsibilities and duties of the first officer on the scene conducting a preliminary investigation. This course also includes techniques to investigate the crimes of theft, forgery, auto theft, burglary, robbery, assaults, sexual assaults, arson, bombs, explosives, vice, and death. P a g e | 109

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

Prerequisite

POE (LAW) 1544 Police Report

| Lab Crime Scene Processing is a study of the responsibilities and duties of the first officer on the scene conducting a preliminary investigation of a crime scene. Included are the recognition, preservation, and recovery of physical evidence, crime scene photography, sketching, and the recovery of latent fingerprints. Students will learn skills needed to "book" prisoners such as taking rolled fingerprints.

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu

Prerequisite

POE (LAW) 1520 Criminal Law/MN Statutes/Traffic, POE (LAW) 1544 Report Writing, POE (LAW) 1595 Criminal & Civil Procedure and POE (LAW) 2595 Criminal Investigation (may take concurrently) Prerequisities: LAW 1520, LAW 1544, LAW 1595

| Lab Spontaneous Knife Defense includes understanding the different forms of knife attacks and how to defend against those attacks. This course aids in reducing the likelihood of serious injury to the officer while creating a positive self-image with physical and mental conditioning. PEACE OFFICER EDUCATION SKILLS

Subject

POE

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Credit unit

credit

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

minnesotanorth.edu