Public Safety & Protective Services
Course Description
This course will provide an overview of the Public Safety System to include: Law Enforcement, Courts, Prosecution, Corrections, and Juvenile Justice. The student will experience simulations and practical laboratory work in fingerprinting, health and fitness requirements, CPR, AED, and basic first aid training, crime scene investigation, Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN), traffic stops, the study of controlled substances, and mock trials. Field trips may include visits to local courts, a sheriff’s department, county jail, 911 Dispatch Center, and the Michigan State Police Academy.
 Guest speakers will be utilized to present criminal justice vocational options and real life applications of classroom information.
Colleges for Articulation
West Shore Community College, Ferris State University, Baker College- Muskegon, Davenport University and Kirtland University.
Certifications
- Public Safety Telecommunication Dispatcher 
- Protecting Law Enforcement Responders (Advanced Dispatcher) 
- Adult Basic Life Support & AED 
- Child Basic Life Support & AED 
- Infant Basic Life Support 
- First Aid 
- Basic Life Support CPR & AED Instructor (2nd year CTE Students) 
- Introduction to the Incident Command System (FEMA) 
- OSHA General Industry Safety Certification 
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