10 courses with the subject POFC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline Major topics of the course include the history and evolution of Professional Peace Officers, police operations and procedures, the court system, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course will cover preliminary investigations, investigative techniques, and the investigation of specific offenses. Discussions will include the importance of determining the offenders’ method of operation along with the specific elements of each criminal offense. Specific investigative techniques will be discussed. (
1 hour lecture/week - 2 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline This course will familiarize students with and examine the legal aspects of Use of Force in Law Enforcement and Firearms Usage. Topics of lecture will include the laws governing Use of Force, including authorized Use of Deadly Force by peace officers. Students should develop a fluid understanding of the Use of Force Continuum. Students will then be given instruction on the use and operations of the handgun and then be taken to the range and instructed in the different methods of shooting positions until the students can complete a certified shooting course. (
2 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course's major topics will include field notes, report structure and organization, basic grammar, data retrieval and use, and uses of police reports. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course deals with statutes that the new peace officer would most likely deal with during the course of their first years of employment. (
2 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course is designed to familiarize students with the Minnesota Traffic Code as prescribed by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training. Students will learn the importance of a proper knowledge of Traffic Statutes. Students will also learn how to take a situation and decide what charges should be filed (what POFS have been broken) (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline The major content of this course deals with Criminal statutes that the new peace officer would most likely deal with during the course of their first year of employment as well as formalization of Minnesota Traffic Code as prescribed by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training. (
3 hours lecture/week – Common Course Outline In this course the major focus deals with the types of reactions peace officers may encounter with people who are experiencing emotional or psychological difficulties. Police Ethics include definitions, perception, concerns, and the history of police deviance with the forging of an occupation. The working environment is discussed. The ideology and culture of police and the motive and justification for breaking normative bonds are covered. Police brutality, abuse of authority, police prejudice and discrimination are discussed. Drug-related police deviance, varieties of police deviance, internal and external controls influencing police deviance and corruption and prospects for controlling deviance are also included. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline Major topics of the course will include police administration, various police duties and responsibilities, police statistics and research, and police work involving community service. A heavy emphasis will be placed on police ethics, leadership, and police influence within the individual decision-making process. Other topics include diversity, problem solving, critical thinking, communication. (
2 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline This course offers students the opportunity to interact with current criminal justice agencies. Students will be given the opportunity to ride along with both large and smaller agencies in Southeast Minnesota. RECOMMENDED ENTRY SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE: Acceptance into the Peace Officer or Criminal Justice Programs. (
Source: Rochester Community and Technical College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
