The Butte College Public Safety Education & Training Center educates and trains students to serve and protect the public in a highly competent and professional manner.
Courses presented under the auspices of the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) are listed as AJLE (Administration of Justice � Law Enforcement) courses in the College Schedule. They include the Regular Basic Law Enforcement Academy in intensive format and �Advanced Officer� courses, which are also referred to as Perishable Skills training, for in-service peace officers. They have included the Regular Basic Law Enforcement Academy with Fish and Game Emphasis, and the Regular Basic Law Enforcement Academy with State Parks emphasis. Combined, the AJLE programs generate approximately 450 FTE. Completion of the programs in this unit allow for students to earn the following: 1. Certificate of Achievement - All academies. 2. AS Degree - Law Enforcement - All academies. 3. Certificate of Course Completion - All academies 4. Certificates of Course Completion for the Public Safety Dispatcher Course, 832 Arrest Module Course, and 832 Firearms Module Course. All pedagogical caps have been reviewed and are appropriate.
The department is currently completing its Two-Year Review for CTE Programs.
Strategy 1 - Maintaining Currency and Standards
The Butte College Law Enforcement Academy maintains a commitment to ensuring its accredidation with the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training by complying with all applicable regulations and guidelines. We will remain dedicated to the education and training of staff to ensure that students receive the most thorough and contemporary training.
It is critical that our students receive the very best law enforcement training available to ensure their success and safety upon entering the career field.
Strategy 2 - Maintaining Resources and Equipment
Funding for the routine maintenance and replacement of key resources and equipment will continue to be sought through District and outside sources.
The Law Enforcement Academy Program is large in scope and complex in nature. Emergency vehicles, firearms, gas masks, leather gear, ballistic vests, hand-held radios, etc. are but a few of the many items used in support of the critical training that is provided to ensure student success and safety. This equipment requires ongoing maintenance and frequent replacement to ensure the continuing credibility of the program.
Strategy 3 - Meeting Facility Needs
Due to the manipulative nature of the training presented in the Law Enforcement Academy Program, various facilities are used throughout the campus. The Public Safety Training Grounds are used for physical training, arrest and control exercises, crime scene scenario practice, emergency vehicle operations, etc. The off-site firearms range is used exclusively for handgun and shotgun training. Additionally, many other locations around campus are used during demonstration of various learning domains within the academy program.
All of these facilities require ongoing maintenance, repair, or replacement to provide for a safe training environment.
Strategy 4 - Improving Quality of Service to Students and the Public
The quality of the service that is provided to the Law Enforcement Academy Recruits is made possible through competent and professional staff members. The recruitment and hiring of our instructors, recruits training officers, coordinators and administrative staff is critical to the success of the program. Additionally, ongoing training of these individuals is essentual to ensuring the requisite competency and professionalism.
Providing adequate program support is critical to our continuing accreditation by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. This includes adminstrative staff, coordinators, and recruit training officers. Attendance at specific meetings with P.O.S.T. and allied agencies, along with enrolling in career-specific training, will enhance the credibility of our program and staff.
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The Law Enforcement Academy is supported primarily by the General Fund, with some additional support coming from student material fees. Additionally, Strong Workfforce, Perkins Funds and the Instructional Equipment Block Grant have been utilized to to rectify safety issues and replace critically important equipment.
In relation to the Fish and Wildlife Academy and the State Parks Academy, State funds from the two departments also support academy activities and instruction.
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | PSETC - AJLE - Law Enforcement Academies | Equipment | 11-000-511-1-210550 | 56410 | $18,700.00 | $0.00 |
| Academy Training and Testing Equipment | The following equipment is needed to maintain the quality of the training that is provided to Law Enforcement Academy recruits. Priority is as follows: Replacement Airsoft Holsters (60) - $6,000; Gas Mask Filters (60) - $1,700; Replacement Airsoft Pistols (60) - $7,000; Replacement Defensive Tactics Combatives Suits (2) - $4,000 |
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| 2 | PSETC - Law Enforcement Academies, Fire Academy, AJ Program, FSC Program | Operating Expenses | $0.00 | $6,000.00 | ||
| Travel | Travel by PSETC staff to attend mandatory meetings and training opportunities is critical to improve the overall delivery of curriculum for our students. |
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| 3 | PSETC - Law Enforcement Academies, Fire Academy, AJ Program, FSC Program | Operating Expenses | $0.00 | $1,500.00 | ||
| Guest Speakers | Funding guest speakers to impart subject matter expertise adds a realistic and contemporary enhancement to our various program presentations. |
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| 4 | PSETC - AJLE - Law Enforcement Academies | Equipment | 11-000-511-1-210550 | $12,000.00 | $0.00 | |
| Relocate Academy Radio Equipment | In prior years, the radio equipment used in the law enforcement and fire academy programs was upgraded to extend coverage throughout the campus. Radio repeaters and antennas were installed on the Learning Resource Center building. However, this location has proven to be inadequate to provide optimal coverage. An outside company was hired to diagnose our system, and provide recommendations to remedy the problem. They recommended that the repeaters and antennas be relocated to the AHPS building, and the antenna be raised. |
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| 5 | PSETC - AJLE - Law Enforcement Academies | Facilities | 11-000-511-1-210550 | 56000 | $25,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Scenario Village Improvements | The Scenario Village project has been funded with Measure A funds and is scheduled to be completed during the 2020/21 FY. The project provides for five portable buildings to accommodate a variety of different scenario exercises. However, the buildings do not include interior walls. This request is to purchase 8' high movable partitions (walls) that can be configured as needed depending on the need. This will allow flexibility to layout rooms to meet current and future needs. |
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| 6 | PSETC - AJLE - Law Enforcement Academies | Facilities | 11-000-511-1-210550 | $10,000.00 | $0.00 | |
| Firearms Range Facility Repairs | The Butte College Firearms Range Facility is located approximately 18 miles southwest of the college campus on Wilbur Road. The facility is leased through the Department of Water Resources. Although funding has been identified to construct an on-campus indoor firearms range via Measure J, that project is not scheduled for another 6 years. The existing structure at the Wilbur Road facility is in poor repair. The interior needs to be repainted, and students are currently exposed to the weather during training, often in extreme heat or rain. A carport-type structure is needed to provide students with suitable cover. |
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