is course is for certified law enforcement officers who are currently assigned or will be assigned as a School Resource Officer. The School Resource Officer Training is a 40 hour course designed to provide history, philosophy and basic skills necessary to serve as a School Resource Officer. Participants will receive instruction in school-based law, ways to handle exceptional students, and classroom instruction techniques.
Reserve Seat
The Basic Law Enforcement Training Day Course starts in January and June every year. For classes that start in January, the application process opens October 1 of each year. For classes that start in May and June, the application process opens on March 1 of each year.
The following are *required items and the cost approximates each:
For registration or information, please contact:
Jim McHone at mchonej@surry.edu, (336) 386-3292 orBarry Vanhoy at vanhoyb@surry.edu, (336) 386-3696.
There will be approximately 12 extended hours and/or night sessions to accommodate State mandated training requirements.
Each student must bring the most current copy of their radar certificate and an updated Radar manual.
Radar or Radar Lidar Operator Recertification is a program offered under the rules and regulations of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and requires 100% attendance of the minimal instructional hours. This class is for those who are Radar/Lidar or Radar certified or those who are within their 12 months “grace” period. Each individual participant must bring a current Radar and Lidar Operator Manual and all Supplements to class and a vehicle equipped with a radar unit and a Lidar unit in which they are seeking certification. Officers who are field testing on units equipped with front and rear antenna must be prepared to test on the full operation of the unit.
This Basic SWAT Course (48 hours) is for law enforcement officers seeking to become familiar with some of the individual skills and fundamentals of working as part of a team during a SWAT operation. The class will meet every week on Thursday for six Thursdays beginning August 31, 2023 and ending October 5, 2023.
Basic Lidar Operator Certification is a Commissioned recognized course of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. This class is for those who are currently certified on "Radar". Participants must bring a current LIDAR Manual along with all supplements and a LIDAR instrument
This course is a one day, 10 hour course and will test the following day at the venue indicated.
Radar Operator Certification is Commissioned Recognized Course of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. It requires 100% attendance of the minimal instructional hours. Students must bring a current Radar Operator Manual and all Supplements to class (currently January 2022) or an updated edition will be furnished and the department billed. Each student must road test on the SMI unit which has the most features. Therefore if the student is seeking certification on a same direction unit they must bring and be prepared to be tested on same.
The objectives of the course are to teach students to:- Draft a valid search warrant.- Lawfully execute a search warrant.- Lawfully conduct warrantless searches.- Conduct interviews lawfully during an investigative detention or arrest situation.- Apply noncustodial interview procedures to obtain lawful confessions.- Conduct nontestimonial and eyewitness identification procedures in accordance with applicable law.- Conduct a valid investigative stop and frisk and a lawful arrest, using proper basis, parameters and use of force.- Identify the steps an officer may take to defend against a liability action.
This is a two week course M-F, 8:00AM – 5:00PM
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