DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY
Basic Training Curriculum
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COURSE TITLE AND SYNOPSIS
PHASE ONE - (Administrative - Non-testable)
Phase 1 Administrative Instruction
Human Resources Processing
Academy Administrative Processing
Family Orientation Night
Human Resources Employee Orientation
Employee Benefits
Personnel Processing Completion
Veterans Affairs & Benefits
Computer Authorization Paperwork (schedule in Week 6)
Computer and Network Information
Security Awareness Training (schedule with # 006.032 as a 4 hr block)
Network/Email/HRIS/Police Manager Overview (schedule with # 006.031 as a 4 hr block)
Quartermaster
Hepatitis Shot
Drill & Ceremony
Community Service
Community Service Project
Spirit of Compromise/Cooperation
Leadership Abilities
Team Building Skills
Problem Solving Skills
The Three R’s of Customer Service
Adult Basic Education Testing
Associations Overview
Financial Peace
PHASE 1 (Non-Testable) TOTALS
PHASE ONE - (Academy Mental and Physical Training - Testable)
Phase 1 Academic Instruction
Exam & Evaluation Procedures/Study Techniques/Notebooks
Code of Conduct
General Orders
Discipline Procedures
Sexual Harassment (Administrative Directive 3-61)
Drugs in the Workplace (Administrative Directive 3-49)
Violence in the Workplace
Physical Training
PT - Aerobic & Anaerobic Exercise (approximately - varies per class)
PT - Fit Force Assessment
PHASE 1 (Testable) TOTALS
PHASE TWO - (TCOLE - Testable)
Phase 2 Instruction
Introduction and Curriculum Overview (Required - 2 hours)
TCOLE Requirements
Academy Rules & Regulations
Fitness and Wellness, and Stress Management (Required - 16 hours)
Fitness and Wellness
Stress Management
Professional Policing (Required - 8 hours)
Professionalism and Ethics (Required - 8 hours)
United States and Texas Constitutions, Bill of Rights, and CJ System (Required - 8 hours)
Multiculturalism and Human Relations (Required - 10 hours)
TCOLE (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education) Objectives
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Anglo Community
African-American Community
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Asian Community
Hispanic Community
Native American Community
Gay & Lesbian Community
Hearing/Visually/Mobility Impaired
Code of Criminal Procedure (Required - 20 hours)
Arrest, Search, and Seizure (Required - 28 hours)
Penal Code (Required - 44 hours)
Penal Code - Chapters 1 - 21
Penal Code - Chapters 22 - 35A
Penal Code - Chapters 36 - 71
Traffic (Required - 68 hours)
Traffic Collision Investigation & Traffic Direction (schedule 2 days in Basic Training Computer Lab)
Traffic Law Enforcement
Intoxicated Driver and SFST (Required - 24 hours)
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Civil Process (Required - 8 hours)
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code (Required - 4 hours)
Health and Safety Code - Controlled Substance Act (Required - 12 hours)
Texas Family Code - Juvenile Issues (Required - 10 hours)
Written Communications (Required - 16 hours) (schedule after Penal Code)
Spanish (Required - 16 hours)
Force Options (Required - 24 hours)
Force Options - Law
Force Options - Concepts
Force Options - Objective Reasonableness - Constitutional Policing (Part 1)
Mechanics of Arrest - Strategies of Defense (Required - 40 hours)
Defensive Tactics Module 1 - Mechanics of Arrest (Lecture)
Defensive Tactics Module 2 - Movements/Stances/Posture
Defensive Tactics Module 3 - Pressure Points
Defensive Tactics Module 4 - Personal Weapons
Defensive Tactics Module 5 - Handcuffing/Searching
Defensive Tactics Module 6 - Takedowns
Defensive Tactics Module 7 - Escape from Mount/Guard/Headlock
Defensive Tactics Module 8 - Redman (30 second war)
Firearms - Strategies of Defense (Required - 48 hours)
Introduction & Classroom Drill
FATC (Firearms Training Center)
Emergency Medical Assistance (Required - 16 hours)
Emergency Communications (Required - 12 hours)
Emergency Communications
NCIC/TCIC (National Crime Information Center/Texas Crime Information Center) [to be taught on the
day following the Phase 2 Final Exam and before the TCOLE Test]
Professional Police Driving (Required - 32 hours)
Defensive Driving
EVOC - Emergency Vehicle Operation Course (24 hours reported to TCOLE)
Tactical Police Driving - Legal/Policy Lecture
Communication and Problem Solving (Required - 16 hours)
Patrol/Consular Notification (Required - 42 hours)
Preparation and Patrol
Public Service/Crime Prevention/Consular Notification
RBT Module 4 - Patrol Procedures - Pedestrian Stops
Concepts and Techniques
Crowd Control
RBT Module 5 - Patrol Procedures - Traffic Stops
RBT Module 6 - Patrol Procedures - Building Search
RBT Module 7 - Patrol Procedures - Rapid Rescue Deployment
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Officer Safety (Part 1)
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Victims of Crime (Required - 10 hours)
Victim's Services Coordinator
Victims of Crime
Family Violence and Related Assaultive Offenses (Required - 20 hours)
Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) and Mental Health Code (Required - 16 hours)
CIT and Mental Health Code (SOP 1600)
Elderly/Alzheimer Patients
Homeless Community
Mentally Handicapped
Hazardous Materials Awareness (Required - 6 hours)
Criminal Investigations (Required - 44 hours)
Introduction to Criminal Investigation
Interview Techniques
Booking Procedures
Case Management & Courtroom Demeanor
Moot Court
General Criminal Investigation
Auto Theft
Homicide/Assaults/Elder Abuse
Sexual Assaults
Child Abuse and Exploitation
Hate Crimes
Basic Crime Scene Investigation
Homicide Practical
Racial Profiling (Required - 4 hours)
Asset Forfeiture (Required - 4 hours) (Schedule after all law classes have been taught)
Identity Crimes (Required - 4 hours)
TCOLE Rules Overview (Required - 3 hours)
RBT (Reality Based Training)
Deadly Force Policy and Introduction to RBT
RBT Module 1 - Deadly Force Policy (Lecture)
RBT Module 2 - Deadly Force Policy (Practical)
RBT Module 3 - Introduction to Reality Based Training - Drills 1 thru 4
PHASE 2 (TCOLE - Testable) TOTALS
PHASE TWO - (Testing)
Phase 2 Testing
Examination, Evaluation & Review
Weekly Exam (approximately - varies per class)
Phase II Final Exam
TCOLE Review
TCOLE (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement) Licensing Examination
PHASE 2 (Testing) TOTALS
PHASE THREE - (Dallas Police Department)
Phase 3 Instruction
Law and Philosophy
Department Philosophy - Excellence in Policing
City Code
Fair & Impartial Policing
Communications/Report Writing/Radio Procedures
Spanish (Intermediate) - (Total 48 hours with RBT Module 12 & 13)
Verbal Communications (SOP 1305)/Internal Complaint Avoidance & Analysis
Offense & Arrest Report Writing (SOP 1100)
Mobile Work Station
Radio Procedures (SOP 1301, 1304, 1306)
TCIC/TLETS Testing
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RMS (Report Management System) Training
Blue Team - Use of Force documentation program training
Officer Safety and Awareness
Officer Safety (Part 2)
Tactical Mindset
Officer Involved Shooting
Officer Involved Shooting - Investigation
Officer Involved Shooting - Aftermath
Tactical Medical Training
Firearms Training Center Modules
FATC Module 1 - Concealed Weapons (immediately after TCOLE test) (Academy)
FATC Module 2 - Down but not Disabled - One-Handed Tactical Shooting
FATC Module 3 - Close Quarters/Moving and Shooting - Pistol and Shotgun
FATC Module 4 - Use of Cover - Advanced Moving and Shooting
FATC Module 5 - Qualifications (New/Backup weapons) & Armorer Inspection of weapons
Human Relations
Rape Crisis Intervention
Patrol Tactics and Procedures
Mobile Field Force
City Geography
Tactical Assistance - Helicopter and K-9
Traffic Enforcement (ticket writing, e-citations)
ICS
ICS 100
ICS 200
ICS 700
ICS 800
Juvenile Information System (JIS)
Mobile Video Training
Bait Car Theft
Tactical Police Driving Course - Skills Module
Municipal Court Procedures
Patrol Bureau SOP
Emergency Vehicle Operations - Chases (General Orders 301 )
Felony/Robbery - in - progress (SOP 1520)
Evidence delivery to court and prisoner transporting (SOP 1606, 1615)
Burglary - residential, business & m/v (SOP 1506, 1507); coin operated machine (SOP 1508),
burglary-in-progress, burglar alarms, open building & criminal trespass (SOP 1509, 1512)
Protective Orders, family violence & Genesis Women's Shelter (SOP1801)
Juvenile procedures (SOP 1300)
DWI - Adult and Youth (SOP 802)
Other SOP's - Assaults (No Family) (SOP 1504), Assist Officer (SOP 1505), Death/Suicide (SOP
1513), Sex Assaults (G.O. 304.05), Shoplifts (SOP 1523), Thefts (SOP 1526), UUMV (SOP 1529),
Fight Disturbances (SOP 1902), Fireworks (SOP 1902), Loud Music (SOP 1903), and Random
Gunfire (SOP 1904)
Administrative Functions
Formal Inspection
TASER Issuance
FTO Orientation & Reserve Officers
Badge Pinning, Oath of Office and Class Picture
Issue ID Card, Warrant of Appointment, Ammo, OC Spray and Barrels
Graduation
In-Service Requirements
Mechanics of Arrest - Strategies of Defense
Defensive Tactics Module 8 - O.C. Spray
Defensive Tactics Module 9 - Impact Weapons
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Defensive Tactics Module 10 - Conducted Energy Device (TASER)
Defensive Tactics Module 11 - Edged Weapon Avoidance
Defensive Tactics Module 12 - Redman (Force Continuum)
Defensive Tactics Module 13 - Excited Delirium/Drug Induced Psychosis
Defensive Tactics Module 14 - Weapon Retention
Defensive Tactics Written and Practical Exams
Force Options - Objective Reasonableness - Constitutional Policing (Part 2)
Reality Based Training
RBT Modules - preparation for Role Play
RBT Module 8 - Officer Safety Practice
RBT Module 9 - Intermediate Traffic Stops (SOP 1700, 1833)
RBT Module 10 - Intermediate Building Search
RBT Module 11 - Disturbance Calls
RBT Module 12 - Spanish Traffic Stops [Part of # 302.10 - Spanish Language]
RBT Module 13 - Spanish Felony-in-progress [Part of # 302.10 - Spanish Language]
RBT Module 14 - Foot Pursuits
RBT Module 15 - [Reserved for Future Use]
RBT Module 16 - [Reserved for Future Use]
Preparation for FTO Modules
RBT Module 17 - Burlgary Module
RBT Module 18 - Traffic and Felony Traffic Stops
RBT Module 19 - Violent Felonies-in-Progress
FTO Modules - Preparation for Situation Simulation
Burglary Module
Traffic and Felony Traffic Stops Module
Violent felonies-in-progress Module
Situation Simulation
Situation Simulation (Actor - Junior Class)
Situation Simulation (Student - Senior Class)
Examination, evaluation & review (approximately - varies per class)
Recruit Evaluation
PHASE 3 TOTALS
DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY
PHASE 1 (Non-Testable) TOTALS
PHASE 1 (Testable) TOTALS
PHASE 1 TOTALS
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DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY TOTALS
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DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY TRAINING DAYS
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DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY TRAINING WEEKS
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