Santa Rosa Junior College Catalog 2025-2026: Spring 2026 Addendum
The Santa Rosa Junior College Catalog 2025 - 2026 Spring 2026 Addendum is a summary of additions, reactivations, deactivations, and changes that have been made and approved by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. Changes to curriculum are made through the SRJC Curriculum Review Committee process with an approval of the Board of Trustees and the CCC Chancellor’s Office. For the 2025 - 2026 academic year, all approved changes and additions effective Spring 2026 are reflected in this addendum. Please use the information contained here as the most accurate and up-to-date catalog information regarding courses and programs.
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How to use the Catalog 2025-2026: Spring 2026 Addendum
The Santa Rosa Junior College Catalog 2025-2026: Spring 2026 Addendum includes updates to the actual 2025 - 2026 Catalog and additional information due to updated POST standards, that did not get included in the catalog.
Amended Course:
AJ 223 Basic Police Academy
0.25-22 Units/Up to 7.5 hours lecture, 33.25 hours laboratory. Grade Only. Limits on enrollment: Students must pass the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Reading and Writing test with a POST required minimum T-Score of 42 to meet entry level requirements for law enforcement positions. Students must pass a criminal history check as outlined in California Penal code 13511.5. Students must possess a valid driver’s license.
Description: In this course, students will undergo training in a Basic Police Academy certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) for the state of California. This intensive 21-week Academy teaches criminal law, laws of search and seizure, laws of evidence, traffic laws, investigative techniques, patrol procedures, firearms, vehicle operations course, defensive tactics, police report writing, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The Basic Police Academy provides instruction and evaluation of all academic, physical, and behavioral traits required by the state of California to meet the minimum standards to be employed as a peace officer in California.
Amended Program of Study:
Basic Police Officer Academy
Program of Study Code: 003327
Term Effective: Spring 2026
22.25 Units
(707) 836-2914
Program Description:
The Basic Police Officer Academy Certificate of Achievement provides all academic and physical skill training and assessment required by the State of California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. It is required training for anyone serving as a peace officer in the state of California. The program provides the opportunity to observe, develop and employ the behavior traits of a professional peace officer in a controlled setting. The Academy is a 20-week intensive program.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Identify, define and demonstrate basic tasks of peace officers;
- Identify, classify, and apply appropriate provisions of federal and state law related to peace officers;
- Perform and document complete preliminary investigations assigned to peace officers; and
- Demonstrate the physical skills needed to perform the tasks of a peace officer in the areas of driving, shooting, defensive tactics, and first aid.