Law Enforcement

CSO Academy #10 (San Jose PD)

March 3, 2025 - May 2, 2025

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Course Information

Description

Nine week academy during which recruits receive instruction on a variety of topics including:

  • Criminal Law & Investigation
  • Evidence Collection
  • Report Writing
  • Accident Investigation
  • First Aid CPR/AED
  • Vehicle Operations
  • Interviewing persons
  • Defensive Tactics & Etc.

Community Service Officers are deployed to help police officers by responding to and investigating lower priority calls for service, which allows police officers to remain available to respond to higher priority emergency calls. CSO's perform limited enforcement duties like issuing parking citations and towing abandoned vehicles. The types of calls that CSO's respond to and investigate include:

  • Burglary – commercial, residential, vehicle
  • Petty theft
  • Grand theft
  • Vehicle theft – initial report and/or recovery
  • Vandalism
  • Non-injury traffic collisions
  • Missing persons
  • Road Hazards
  • Directs and controls crowds and traffic at accidents or special events including setting up cone and/or road flare patterns
  • Abandoned vehicles
  • Assistance with crime scene investigation

Designed For

CSO Recruits. Please note that priority registration is given to CSO recruits hired by San Jose PD

Hours

360

Units

10.5

College Application Process

College Application Process

This program is presented through the South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium of Community Colleges (SBRPSTC), which includes Gavilan College, Monterey Peninsula College, Ohlone College, Hartnell College, Lake Tahoe Community College, College of San Mateo, and Cabrillo College.

Only courses and programs presented for college credit will be funded, transcripted and certified through one of the above accredited institutions.

Funds generated through this process offset the costs of each course, thereby reducing student fees for the student/agency and allowing us to present more courses. Consequently, we require all students taking one of our college-based courses to apply to the designated college using OpenCCC, the online college application system by which the majority of community colleges collects registration and transcription information.

Students will receive reservation confirmation and class information along with college application instructions approximately 45 days before the class starts. If applicable, students will also be required to complete the college application process and submit a South Bay Registration Form, to include the OpenCCC and applicable College ID numbers no later than 30 days before the class start date.*Additional fees will apply to Non-College Registered Students. Contact our main office at (408) 229-4299 for specific amounts.

Start: Mon Mar 3, 2025 - 7:00 PST
End: Fri May 2, 2025 - 18:00 PDT

Class meets on various dates at 7am to 6pm from March 3 through May 2, 2025.

For additional information, please contact South Bay Coordinator Lindsey Chivers: lchivers@theacademy.ca.gov.

College of Record: Cabrillo College

College Term: SPRING

Location

San Jose Police Department – Training Substation
6087 Great Oaks Parkway
San Jose, CA 95119 United States
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