Please contact Marcia Cole, Director, if you are interested in any of the listed training programs or if you would like our center to customize a training course for your agency: 724-357-3987 or marciacole@iup.edu.
Act 120 Basic Police Officer Training Program: Pre-Service Training
The IUP Criminal Justice Training Center administers the Act 120 Basic Police Officer Training Program at the following locations and schedules: Indiana University of Pennsylvania – Full-time schedule, and CNX Southpointe – Part-time schedule. For further information contact Program Coordinator Jason Batistig at batistig@iup.edu or Andrew Volchko at avolchko@iup.edu
2024 In-Service Training Programs:
Perceptual Driving Update
Per-Officer Course Fees
- $240 per officer – Group rates available
- $150 per officer, minimum of five officers
This course is 16 hours, provided for in-service officers as a refresher from the 2013 MPOETC Act 180 EVOC course. The course will reinforce the necessary skills and knowledge to prevent vehicle accidents or errors in judgment by the road patrol officer. This program will lower incidents of police vehicular accidents and may also lower municipal insurance premiums.
The instructor for this course is Officer Joe Gray of the Vandergrift Police Department. Officer Gray has been teaching this course for over 20 years and is well-known throughout the state for his dedication and expertise in this area.
MPOETC-approved course with 14 CLEE credit hours available.
Instructor Development Course Certification
Per-Officer Course Fee
- $350
40-hour course
This course will certify the participants as MPOETC-approved Act 120 and Act 180 instructors. The course will provide attendees with the fundamentals of giving effective presentations, PowerPoint development, classroom management, assessment techniques, and lesson plan development. This course is taught by the CJTC Director Marcia Cole and Program Coordinator Jason Batistig. Between these two instructors are over 20 years as MPOETC certified instructors and 40 years of police experience.
MPOETC-approved course with 40 CLEE credit hours available.
Municipal Police Training Officer Program
Per-Officer Course Fee
- $275 for the first officer
- $175 for any additional officer from the same department
Alternative to the (FTO) Field Training Officer 24-hour course
Locations:
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Indiana, PA, or
- Pittsburgh East Campus Monroeville, PA
We at the IUP-CJTC feel this course is part of the answer to various areas of concern for police agency CEOs. This timely training addresses the following areas for law enforcement: police legitimacy, cultural diversity, engagement of new officers, and developing an environment for career retention.
This course is equivalent to the FTO program and will permit the participants to train newly hired probationary officers to prepare them for sole-patrol officer assignments. This course was developed by the Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Problem-Solving section.
The program is founded on the Problem-Based Policing concept and trains the attendees how to create learning problems for probationary officers which engage them in solving police/community issues. The focus is on enhancing thinking skills of the trainee officer along with teaching essential policing tasks; e.g., traffic stops, domestic disputes, report writing, etc.
This course is taught by the IUP-CJTC Director Marcia Cole, John Lewis, and Program Coordinator Jason Batistig. All instructors are veteran police officers, field training officers, and MPOETC-certified instructors. Lewis is also an IUP criminology professor and retired US Army Military Police first sergeant, and is an expert on policing issues.
This course has been approved by MPOETC approved with 24 CLEE credit hours available.
Act 67 Certification: School Security Personnel Basic Training
Per-Officer Course Fee
- $395
40-hour course
Next Session: Contact CJTC for training dates
Location: Online and In-person
This course has been approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and is mandated for the following school-based protective service positions: school security guard, school resource officer, and school police officer. The successful completion of this program will satisfy Act 67 certification, enabling the graduates to work in school-based law enforcement or security positions in Pennsylvania only.
This course will provide the participants with the essentials related to working as a school security personnel in the school environment; e.g., school law, the teen mind, drugs and school-aged children, cultural diversity, etc.
The instructors for this course are veteran school resource officers, police officers, and trainers. This course is delivered in two separate versions: in-person and online. Contact Director Marcia Cole mcole@iup.edu for more information.
Act 235 Lethal Weapons Training
Per-Officer Course Fees
- Full Course: $400 plus $30 registration fee
- Recertification Course: $200 plus $30 registration fee
Full 40-hour Course and 8.5-hour Recertification Course
The Lethal Weapons Training, Act 235 provides certification to privately employed security agents to carry a lethal weapon. The Lethal Weapons training at IUP consists of academics, skills, and firearms training. The firearms training is with a handgun and shotgun. For an additional fee, patrol rifle can be added to the training as well. This course is approved through PSP.
Municipal Police Firearms Instructor Certification
Per-Officer Course Fee
- $450
40-hour Course
This course will certify those in attendance as pistol and shotgun firearms instructors and permit them to qualify Act 120 cadets and in-service police officers on these weapons systems. This certification does not expire and does not require continuing education credits to maintain the certification. This course is taught by Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Jeremy Leasure, Retired El Paso County Deputy Sheriff Arturo Montoya and Program Coordinator Jason Batistig. Between these three instructors are decades of instructor and policing experience. All instructors are certified firearms instructors.
Principled Criminal Justice and Police Legitimacy
Per-Officer Course Fee
- $40
8-hour Course
The course is based on material developed by John Jay College and the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. The student will gain knowledge on the principles of Procedural Justice, Community Policing, Implicit Bias, and other topics regarding the strengthening of community bonds with the Criminal Justice System.
Perceptual Driving Instructor - Emergency Vehicle Operator Course Instructor Certification
Per-Officer Course Fee
- $425
40-hour Course
This course certifies the participants as EVOC instructors. The successful completion of this program permits the participants to train police officers in the standardized MPOETC-approved Emergency Vehicle Operations Course from the Act 120 Program. In addition, the officer who completes this course can train their own personnel in defensive driving operations, which reduces municipal insurance premiums and lowers incidents of patrol vehicular accidents.
The course instructor is Officer Joe Gray from the Vandergrift Police Department. Officer Gray has been teaching this course for over 20 years and is well-known throughout the state for his dedication and expertise in this area.
MPOETC-approved course with 35 CLEE credit hours available.