Law Enforcement
Background Investigations Course
December 1, 2014 - December 5, 2014
Description:
This 32 hour course incorporates the most recent California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) curriculum and includes the fundamentals of background investigation, job dimensions, areas of inquiry, interviewing as applied in the pre-employment setting, information sources, the use of psychological screening, polygraphs, legal aspects of background investigation and verbal/non-verbal communications.
Designed For:
This course is designed to introduce and train the skills necessary to be effective background investigators. The course is not designed to aid applicants in passing a background investigation. This course is open to all qualified students.
Prerequisites/Requirements:
Required: Basic Police Academy certification [or equivalent] or Private Investigator's Certificate [or equivalent].
You must be hired with an agency/company requiring public safety background investigations in order to attend this course. An attestation letter on department/company letterhead stating the need for this course must be submitted with your course registration fees.
Dress Code: Business Casual.
If your department does not use POST documents for background investigations, please bring copies of the documents your department is currently using (i.e., waiver, reference questionnaires, contact list, etc.)
A laptop is required for the course. All materials will provided electronically. (Mac users: If your laptop has a thunderbolt port, you will need an adapter to accommodate a USB port for the thumb drive.)
Hours:
32 Hours
Units:
0.50 Semester Unit
Certification
Non-POST reimbursable
Certificate awarded upon completion.
Payment Information
We accept Visa and MasterCard (a non-refundable transaction fee of 2% will apply), cash, money order and cashier’s checks (made payable to SBRPSTC). Agency billing may also be arranged. Financial aid and VA benefits may be available.
*ALL FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. When possible, students will be advised of any fee changes prior to course start date. Tuition fee increases made at any time by the State Chancellor’s office may require collection of additional fees from students.
Students who have not lived in California for at least one (1) year and (1) day prior to start of college semester or do not meet other college criteria may be considered “out-of-state” students, and subject to additional fees to the ones listed above. Please check with our staff for details and exact costs.
Reservations
Agency personnel: Call (408) 229-4299 or email to: sbrpstc@theacademy.ca.gov the following information:
- Class Requested, Date
- Agency Name
- Training Officer (TO) Name
- TO’s Email Address
- Phone Number
- Attendee Name(s) and Email Address
- Method of payment if applicable
Self-sponsored students: Contact our main office at (408) 229-4299 to register. Be prepared to submit full or partial payment, depending on the class
Non-U.S. Citizens: If you are not a U.S. citizen, but wish to attend one of our courses, one of our Instructional Staff Assistants may contact you for more information.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Out of consideration for students on waiting lists, cancellations must be made no later than 30 days prior to the first day of class. For cancellation deadlines, please refer to the Fee Information tab on this flyer. There may be a minimum cancellation fee of $50 assessed for material expenses associated with cancellations. Substitutions or transfer of your reservations to another student is permitted upon approval.
Course Cancellation by South Bay
Each class has a minimum enrollment requirement. If the minimum enrollment is not reached for the course three weeks prior to the beginning of the class, the class may be cancelled and any deposits/payments will be refunded in full (minus non-refundable processing fee).
$50. for cancellations after 11-21-14
Start: Mon Dec 1, 2014
End: Fri Dec 5, 2014
Location
4750 San Felipe Rd. San Jose (physical address)
