FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE
NON-COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE NUMBER:
CJK 0020
COURSE TITLE:
CMS Law Enforcement Vehicle Operations
PREREQUISITE(S):
None
CORREQUISIT(S):
None
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS:
(For Office Use Only:
Vocational Credits_1.5_)
48
FACULTY WORKLOAD POINTS:
1.60
STANDARDIZED CLASS SIZE
ALLOCATION:
25
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides the student with the physiological and psychological factors that impact vehicle operation
and control. The basic legal considerations involved in operating authorized emergency vehicles and in
vehicle pursuits; the civil and criminal liability applicable to law enforcement driving; what to look for during
routine maintenance and inspection of a police vehicle; the basic elements of vehicle dynamics; causes and
types of skids; how to recover from several types of skids; and basic driving skills and techniques.
SUGGESTED TEXT(S):
Florida Basic Recruit Training Program: High Liability
Chapter 1
IMPLEMENTATION DATE:
Spring Term, 2004 (20042)
REVIEW OR MODIFICATION DATE:
Spring Term, 2005 (20052)
Summer Term, 2006 (20063)
Fall Term, 2008 (20091) - Outline Review 2007
Spring Term 2013 (20132) – Proposal No. 2012-126
Fall Term, 2015 (20161) – Outline Review 14-15
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COURSE TOPICS
CONTACT HOURS
PER TOPIC
I.
Vehicle Inspection - A. Exterior, Under the Hood, and Interior Vehicle
Inspection
12
II.
Proactive Driving Skills
A. Hazard Detection and Observation Skills
B. Road and Weather Conditions
C. Proactive Measures
12
III.
Principles of Driving
A. Physical Laws and Handling Characteristics
B. Steering the Vehicle
C. Threshold Braking
D. Vehicle Slide Control
E. Vehicle Cornering
F. Vehicle Backing
12
IV.
Lights and Sirens
A. Preparation for Emergency Mode
B. Night and Subdued Light Driving
C. Operating in Emergency Mode
D. Pursuit Considerations
12
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PROGRAM TITLE:
Law Enforcement
COURSE TITLE:
CMS Law Enforcement Vehicle Operations
CIP NUMBER:
0743010700
PROGRAM TITLE:
Crossover from Correctional Officer to Law
Enforcement Officer
COURSE TITLE:
CMS Law Enforcement Vehicle Operations
CIP NUMBER:
0743010702
Program Frameworks can be found at the following website: http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/
The commission-approved curricula for the Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program ATMS# 1177
is available at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/getdoc/5b95cf86-1270-463c-89e305158a71054b/2012_LE_IG.aspx
The commission-approved curricula for the Crossover from Correctional Officer to Law Enforcement
Officer ATMS #1191 is available at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/getdoc/f545d79e-7c6a-4d47-aa639af9198b7c21/2012-07-CO-to-LE.aspx
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Florida State College at Jacksonville
Course Learning Outcomes and Assessment
SECTION 1
Course Prefix and Number:
Course Title:
Semester Credit Hours (Credit):
Contact Hours (Workforce):
CMS Law Enforcement Vehicle Operations
CJK 0020
48
SECTION 2a (To be completed for General Education courses only.)
TYPE OF COURSE (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)
General Education Core (If selected, core discipline area will be identified in Section 4.)
General Education (If selected, you must also complete Section 4, Section 5, and Section 8)
SECTION 2b
TYPE OF COURSE (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)
A.A. Elective
A.S. Required Course
A.S. Professional Elective
A.A.S. Required Course
A.A.S. Professional Elective
Technical Certificate
X PSAV/Clock Hour/Workforce
Development Education
Apprenticeship
Upper Division/Bachelors
Other:
If selected, use this space to title “other” option.
SECTION 3
INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)
X
Reading
X
Speaking
X
Critical Analysis
X
Qualitative Skills
X
Writing
X
Listening
X
Information
Literacy
X
Ethical Judgement
X
Scientific Method of
Inquiry
Working
Collaboratively
SECTION 4 (To be completed for General Education courses only.)
GENERAL EDUCATION DISCIPLINE AREA (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)
Communications
Humanities
Mathematics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Natural Sciences
SECTION 5 (To be completed for General Education courses only.)
GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOME AREA (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)
Communication
Critical Thinking
Information Literacy
Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning
Global Sociocultural Responsibility
SECTION 6
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Develop the skills to operate a motor vehicle
safely.
Understand the role of law enforcement
officers as they operate a vehicle.
Understand personal and vehicle limits.
Operate the vehicle in a safe manner while
talking to dispatch.
Understand the effects of stress on the driver.
TYPE OF OUTCOME
(General Education,
Course or Program)
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Course
Written Examination and/or Practical
Exercises
Course
Written Examination
Course
Written Examination
Written Examination and/or Practical
Exercises
Written Examination
Course
Course
SECTION 7
Faculty name(s):
F.H. (Rick) Lewis
Date:
11/27/2012
CS20150615
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