This program is the academic equivalent to the "Basic Peace Officer Training Course" required by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) for all Texas Peace Officers.

Completion of at least 12 semester hours of the "Law Enforcement Core Curriculum" is required before students are eligible to be admitted to the "Peace Officer Sequence" classes. CRJ Program Coordinator approval is required to take each of the "Peace Officer Sequence" classes. Completion of all 21 semester hours of the "Core Curriculum" and the 17 semester hours of the "Peace Officer Sequence" courses are required before the CRJ Program Coordinator will issue students an "Academic Endorsement of Eligibility."

Students beginning the Texas Peace Officer Certificate Program after September 1, 2003 must have at least an Associates Degree in order to receive an endorsement to take the TCLEOSE peace officer licensing examination. (This is by TCLEOSE rule effective September 1, 2003.)

Students that have been continuously enrolled in the "Texas Peace Officer Certificate" before September 1, 2003 will be able to continue under the old plan and will not be required to have completed an associates degree before receiving an endorsement from the CRJ Department Chair.

Students with an associate's degree and have completed 7 TCLEOSE-approved academic CRIJ courses and the 4 sequence courses (for a total of 11 TCLEOSE academic licensing requirements) may be certified to sit for the TCLEOSE licensing exam. Approval by the designated college departmental administrator is required.

Core Curriculum

	CRIJ	1301		Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
	CRIJ CRIJ	1307 1313		Crime in America (completed before 8/31/06) or Juvenile Justice System	3 3
	CRIJ	1310		Fundamentals of Criminal Law	3
	CRIJ	1306		Court Systems and Practices	3
	CRIJ	2323		Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement	3
	CRIJ	2314		Criminal Investigation	3
	CRIJ	2328		Police Systems and Practices	3
					------- 21

Peace Officer Sequence

	CJLE	2420		Texas Peace Officer Procedures1	4
+	CJLE	2421		Texas Peace Officer Law1	4
+	CJLE	2522		Texas Peace Officer Skills1	5
+	CJLE	2424		Texas Peace Officer Capstone1	4
					------- 17
				TOTAL	------- 38

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
¹ Requires Department Head Approval

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