...... ' Artiulatio Agreement College of Sou bern Maryland Southern Maryland C minal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Le el Training Program
...... Artiulation Agreement and Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy I. Introdution II. Artiulated Courses III. Terms of Artiulation Agreement IV. Implementation Proedures V. Artiulation Maintenane and Review VI. Approval VII. Letter of Artiulation Certifiation
,... Artiulation Agreement Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program and I. Introdution The Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy is reognized as having a omprehensive Polie Aademy program. The program is an intensive twenty-four week training urriulum approved by the Maryland Polie Training Commission. College of Southern Maryland CSM) offers an assoiate's degree in General Studies with a Criminal Justie Pathway. During the Spring of 1998 and again in the Fall of 1999, the ommunity ollege undertook a omprehensive review of the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Tmining Program to determine if learning outomes at the ollege and the aademy were omparable. Based upon that review the following artiulation agreement is proposed. II. Artiulated Credits has agreed to grant artiulated ollege redit for the following ourses to students sueessfully ompleting the progmrn at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Progmrn. CJS 2030: Criminal Law 3 redits l Unit #30 Searh & Seizure 15 hrs 37 Arrest Warrants Statement of Charges 3 hrs 45 Constitutional Law 8 hrs 4 Rules of Evidene 4 hrs 3 Criminal Law/Law of Arrest 41 hrs 45 Searh Warrants 7 hrs 88 hrs CJS 2010: Criminal Investigations 3 redits) Unit #45 Arson Investigation 3 hrs 45 Auto Theft 2 hrs 45 Burglary Investigation 2hrs 28 Child Abuse 4hrs
. ' 27 Tri-County Vie Narotis Oper. 2 hrs 27 CDS Investigations 2hrs 27.Paking CDS 1hr 19 Handling Informants 2hrs 9 Crime Sene Searh Classroom) 6hrs 9 Crime Sene Searh Pratial) 30 hrs 9 Crime Sene Photography 1hr 22 Death Investigation 6hrs 45 Identifiation - Fingerprints 2hrs 45 Rolling Fingerprints 5hrs 16 Interview & Interrogation 23 hrs 7 Intro. To Criminal Investigations 4 hrs 45 Lifting Fingerprints 6hrs 45 Md. Gun Enforement 4hrs 22 Morgue 7 hrs 29 Moot Court II hrs 21 Auto Eroti Sex 4 hrs 21 Rape Investigation 4hrs 29 TestifYing in Court 3hrs 134 hrs CJS 2200:,baw!;;nforement and the ~ommuni!):: Cross Cultural C3 redits) Unit #12 Media Relations 1hr 13 Emergeny Evaluations 2hrs 14 Observations & Desriptions 2hrs 17 Responding to Calls 2hrs 18 Hate/Bias Inidents 2hrs 20 Crime Prevention 8hrs 27 Vie Crimes lhr 28 Child Abuse 6 hrs 35 Interpersonal Communiation 4 hrs 36 Crisis Intervention 2hrs 41 Poliing in the Community 6 hrs 48 Domesti Violene 14 hrs 54 hrs CJS 2060: Polie Administration J ~;n:diyl) Unit #02 Polie Ethis 2hrs 45 Booking Proedures lhr 45 Chemial Agents 5 hrs 33 Civil Proess 6hrs
..... 45 Courtroom Seurity 2 hrs 45 Emergeny Petitions 4hrs 45 Hostage Negotiations 2hrs 45 Polie Operations 38 hrs 40 Radio Proedures 2 hrs 08 Street Gangs 2 hrs 64 hrs WFS 1700: Personalized Health and Fitness 2 redits) WFS 1700L: Personalized Health and Fitness Lab 1 ~dit) Unit #31 First Responder/CPR 40hrs 32 Physial Training & Skills 79 hrs 112 hrs Ill. Terms of the Artiulation Agreement A. This agreement will be in effet for two years from the date signed unless aneled by either party in writing. After two years the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program ourses will be reviewed again, and, if appropriate, a new agreement will be negotiated. Any modifiation to this agreement prior to renewal may be implemented if agreed to by both parties in writing. B. The following riteria must be met in order to reeive the redits: I. Students shall omplete appliable portions of their respetive program at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program with a grade of"b" 80%) or better in eah ourse to be artiulated. 2. Indiation of suessful ompletion of the appliable artiulated ourses shall be forwarded to in the fonn of a Letter of Artiulation Certifiation from the appropriate division at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program signed by the Diretor of the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy. 3. The Letter of Artiulation Certifiation douments that the student has satisfied the requirements of the appliable approved program at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program and has reeived instrution in the areas whih are inluded in the artiulated ourses.
.. IV. Implementation Proedure A. Implementation proedure at I. To reeive redit through this artiulation agreement at the ommunity ollege, the following proedures will be in effet: a Students must apply to the ollege, pay appliation fee, and omplete a "Request For the Evaluation Of Transfer Credits Form". They must also have a opy of the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program Certifiate sent diretly to the Admissions Offie. The redits will be posted on the student's transript with the notation "redits earned through artiulation agreement with Southern Maryland Polie Aademy." 2. Students will be enouraged to meet with an aademi advisor to plan their future ousework and omplete program planning sheets. B. Implementation Proedure at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program: I. To implement the artiulation agreement at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy, the following proedure is proposed: a. The Southern Maryland Polie Aademy will ommuniate the details of agreements to the teahing staff, polie personnel, and polie aademy students. b. The Aademy will develop a proedure for ertifying students for redit in the ourse or ourses for whih he or she is eligible for artiulated redit. The original of the Letter of Artiulation Certifiation will be mailed to the CSM Admissions Offie, and a opy given to the student. See sample Letter of Artiulation Certifiation.) 2. The aademy will develop methods of publiizing the agreement in order to enourage students to take advantage of the opportunity to ontinue their eduation at upon graduation from the Polie Aademy.
.. ' ;. 3. The Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy will advise students of the appliability of the fifteen 15) redits reeived from College of Southern Maryland as follows: A maximum of fifteen 15) redits will apply toward an assoiate of arts degree in General Studies: Criminal Justie Pathway at V. Artiulation Agreement Maintenane and Review A. The Artiulation Agreement shall be reviewed at least every two years by representatives of the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program and the CSM Criminal Justie faulty. B. Any revisions of appliable ourse syllabi, ourse hours, or ourse desriptions at the Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program or CSM shall be sent to the appliable instrutors immediately.
VI. Approval Cornman er of Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Date ~~/~ Vie Preside t Aademi Affairs College of uthern Maryland ~A l1o Sheriff Calvert County Charles County #&-- St. Mary's County VII. Letter of Artiulation Certifiate On Next Page)
LEITER OF ARTICULATION CERTIFICATION Southern Marvland Crjminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program To: From: Offie of Admissions Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Re: Student Name: Artiulated Credit Certifiation Date; This is to ertify that ----:--::------:------:-:::-------' SSN - - has suessfully ompleted the Polie Offier Basi Training Program. Based upon the artiulation agreement, it is reommended that redit be given for the following ourses: Course Prefix and Title CJS 20 I 0 Introdution to Criminal Justie CJS 2030. Criminal Law CJS 2200 Law Enforement and the Community; Cross Cultural CJS 2060 Polie Administration 3 redits 3 redits 3 redits 3 redits WFS 1700 WFS 1700L Personalized Health and Fitness Personalized Health and Fitness Lab 2 redits I redit The above student has met the riteria of the Artiulation Agreement for ourses artiulated by representatives of the Southern Maryland Polie Aademy and College of Southern Maryland. Date Diretor of Southern Maryland Criminal Justie Aademy Polie Entrane Level Training Program For College Use Only) Offie of Admissions P.O. Box 910 La Plata, MD 20646-0910