Criminal Justice

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Location: Rogers Annex

Program Overview

This fast-growing profession offers employment opportunities concentrated in law enforcement, corrections, and private security. Students gain an overview law enforcement and employment options. Students meet with local law enforcement officers and officers from state and federal agencies. College bound students can earn college credits through an articulation agreement with NWACC.

Career Opportunities

• Crime scene technician and photographer
• Evidence/property and fingerprint technician
• Corrections officer
• Private security
• State police , deputy sheriff and police officer
• Prosecuting attorney and many others.

Course Offerings


Courses prepare students to seek employment in law enforcement or private security upon graduation from high school. For college bound students, the ECE complements the transition to two-year or four-year degree programs. Through an articulation agreement with NWACC, students can earn up to eighteen college hours while enrolled in the ECE program. Students completing three of four ECE courses are considered concentrators in that area while students completing all four courses qualify as completers.

Introduction to Criminal Justice (Crosswalked to CMJS 2013 Intro to Criminal Justice and CMJS 2003 Law Enforcement in Society for college credit)

This required core course presents an overview of the criminal justice system emphasizing search and seizure, arrests, court procedures, crime prevention, criminal justice careers, study of particular crimes, emergency response, traffic control, patrol procedures, and crime scene investigation

Law Enforcement I (Crosswalked to CMJS 2043 Criminal Procedures for college credit)

Students learn safety and the care and use of tools and equipment in police work. Additional topics include the use of force, physical fitness, the elements of a crime, the use of force continuum, and first aid skills. A separate seven-week program in emergency communications offers national certification upon completion of all requirements.

Law Enforcement II (Crosswalked to CMJS 2053 Criminal Justice Investigations and CMJS 2343 Crime Scene Investigations for college credit)

This advanced course covers illegal drugs, crimes against children, search warrants, arrest warrants, search and seizure laws, and the constitutional rights of persons placed under arrest. The course stresses writing skills.

Criminal Law (Crosswalked to CMJS 2033 Criminal Law & Society for college credit)

This advanced course requires students to obtain and execute search warrants, explain conditions for conducting searches and seizures, the elements of probable cause, search techniques, and juvenile law. Students learn to gather necessary information from the start of a criminal investigation until an arrest is made.

Contact Person

JD Shrum, Instructor

e-mail    jshrum@nwacc.edu                                                                                          

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