First Six Weeks

Second Six Weeks

Third Six Weeks

Fourth Six Weeks

Fifth Six Weeks

Sixth Six Weeks

Time Frame

6 weeks

6 weeks

6 weeks

6 weeks

6 weeks

6 weeks

Essential Unit of Study

Reviewing the Scope & Sequence of Criminal Investigation

Employability Skills

Teamwork in Law Enforcement

Communication in Law Enforcement

Written reports in Law Enforcement

Criminal Justice & Court Systems

Tactical Entry

Arrest Procedure

Custody & Interrogation

Victims & Witnesses

Handling Drugs in Law Enforcement

Alcohol Consumption

Evidence Collection: Laws & Regulation

Crime Scene Documentation

Crime Scene Sketching

Evidence Collection: Procedures

Ethics in Forensic Science

Trace Evidence:  Glass & Paint

Trace Evidence: Hair & Fiber

Death Investigations

Decomposition Analysis

Forensic Anthropology & Odontology

FIngerprint & Impression Analysis

Blood Spatter

Serology, Blood, & Bodily Fluids

Toxicology & Controlled Substances

Tool Mark Analysis

Ballistics

Digital Forensics

Content Topics

Becoming an effective and successful employee by learning professional skills.  

Effective leadership traits and how they are used in the different ranks of law enforcement jurisdictions.

Defining communication and the communication process model.

Report writing tips which are used in day-to-day law enforcement routines.  

Exploring civil and criminal court systems, as well as local, state and federal court systems.

Strategies when tactically entering a building.

Laws which protect the constitutional rights of a person during an arrest and being taken into custody.

Effect of victimization and the rights utilized to protect victims and witnesses

Identifying commonly abused drugs in society and how they are handled in law enforcement.

Analyzing how alcohol affects the body, health risks of excessive alcohol use and treatments for alcohol addiction.

Recognize and classify various types of evidence, collection, chain of custody, and special circumstances.  

Techniques used at arrival at the scene of a crime, assessing and securing a crime scene, processing a crime scene area, sketching, measuring, photographing and evidence collection.    

Define terminology of evidence, present the proper approach for processing the crime scene, and appropriate search methods.  

Emphasizing the importance of maintaining ethical standards in forensic science.

Processing trace evidence such as glass and paint.

Processing trace evidence such as hair and fiber.

Procedures for processing a death scene, identifying various causes of death, and analyzing evidence which pertains to the manner of death.

Understanding  the decomposition process and recognizing postmortem changes which affect the time and cause of death; evaluating ways to determine time of death and cause of death.

Insight into how forensic anthropologist and forensic odontologists use skeletal and dental remains to identify missing persons.

Explain how fingerprints and other impressions are analyzed as part of a forensic investigation.

Analyzing the characteristics of bloodstain patterns, spatter types, and  methods of interpreting the patterns.

Analyzing the role and testing of blood and other bodily fluids in forensic science as evidence to solve a crime.

The types of controlled substances and their effects on the body and their governmental classification.

The importance and process of tool mark analysis in forensic science.

Understanding ballistics and how they are used in criminal cases.

Insight on the importance of digital evidence,  types of digital crimes committed, their societal impact, and issues associated with digital evidence.

TEKS

130.338. (c) 1.A.i,  8.B.i,  17.C.ii,  5.B.i, 5.B.ii,  6.A.iii, 6.C.i, 6.C.ii, 6.C.iii, 7.A.iv, 7.A.v, 8.D.i, 8.D.ii, 8.D.iii, 8.D.iv, 8.D.v, 8.D.vi

130.338. (c)  7.C.i, 6.D.i, 6.E.ii, 17.D.i, 17.D.ii, 17.A.i, 17.B.ii, 17.C.i, 17.D.i, 17.D.ii, 17.A.i, 17.B.i, 17.E.i, 17.E.iii, 18.A.i, 18.A.ii, 14.B.i, 12.C.i, 12.C.ii

130.338. (c)  2.A.1, 2.B.i, 2.C.i, 2.D.i, 2.E.i, 8.A.i, 17.A.i, 17.A.ii, 6.A.i, 6.B.i, 6.C.i, 7.A.iv, 7.A.vi, 8.D.i, 8.D.ii, 8.D.iii, 8.D.iv, 8.D.v, 8.D.vi, 8.E.i, 3.A.i, 3.B.i, 3.B.ii, 3.B.iii, 3.B.iv, 3.C.i, 4.D.i, 4.D.ii, 5.C.i, 5.D.i, 5.D.ii, 5.E.i, 3.A.i, 3.B.i, 3.B.ii, 3.B.iii, 3.D.i, 3.D.ii, 3.D.iii, 3.D.iv, 3.E.i, 3.E.ii, 3.F.i, 8.E.i, 8.F.ii, 8.F.iii, 8.F.iv, 8.F.v, 8.F.vi, 8.G.i, 8.G.ii, 8.G.iv, 4.A.i, 4.A.iii, 4.A.iv, 4.B.i, 4.C.i, 4.E.i, 4.$.ii, 4.F.i, 4.F.ii, 7.B.i, 8.C.i, 8.C.ii, 8.F.i, 8.F.ii, 8.F.iii, 8.F.iv, 8.F.v, 8.F.vi, 9.B.i, 9.B.ii, 13.B.i

130.338. (c) 8.H.i, 9.A.i, 9.C.i, 9.A.i, 9.E.i, 9.F.i, 16.D.ii, 16.A.i, 16.A.ii, 16.A.iii, 16.B.i, 16.B.ii, 16.C.i, 16.D.i, 16.D.ii

130.338. (c)  9.D.i, 9.D.ii, 10.A.i, 10.B.i, 10.B.ii, 10.B.iii, 10.B.iv, 10.B.v, 10.B.vi, 10.C.i, 10.D.i, 10.D.ii, 10.E.i, 10.F.i, 10.F.ii, 10.G.i, 11.A.i, 11.A.ii, 11.A.iii, 11.B.i, 11.B.ii, 13.A.i, 13.B.ii

130.338. (c) 12.A.i, 12.A.ii, 12.A.iii, 12.B.i, 12.C.i, 12.C.ii, 12.D.i, 14.A.i, 14.B.i,15.A.i, 15.B.I, 15.C.i, 15.C.ii, 15.D.i, 15.D.ii, 15.D.iii, 15.D.iv, 15.E.i, 18.F.i, 18.F.ii, 18.F.iii

Resources

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