Westbrook Regional Vocational Center

Program Description

Tech 2 Public Safety is a program geared to the student interested in exploring opportunities in the police & emergency medicine fields.

Skills students will acquire:

• How to read body language
• Do high risk building searches
• Drug investigations
• Court room testimony
• Ethics
• Laws of evidence
• Many other exciting aspects of the criminal justice field.
• How to fight fires and execute rescues using the latest technology and safety equipment.

Skills practiced in the this trade:

• Oral and written communication skills
• Computer skills
• Science
• Math
• Physical fitness
• History and law
• Observation
• Attention to detail
• Investigation
• Radio communication etiquette

Activities in which the students partake:

• Regular physical training
• Drill and ceremony
• Leadership drills
• Students will actually do simulated building searches using simunition weaponry.
• In the final phase of this module, the students will have an opportunity to travel to a police firing range and experience the use of actual police firearms.

Entry-level job opportunities:

• E-911 Dispatcher
• Security Officer
• Emergency Medical Technician
• Private Investigator
• Police Officer

Post-secondary career options (requiring further education):

• Border Patrol Officer
• Police Officer
• DEA Agent
• Fire Investigator
• Forest Ranger
• Evidence Tech
• Fire Fighter
• Paramedic
• FBI
• Security Specialist
• Fish & Game Warden
• Insurance Investigator

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