Grand Rapids Community College Program Review / Program Report: Program Profile-Degree/Credential
Program Review
Instructional Program:
Law Enforcement
Document Prepared By:
Jodi Richhart
Year of Review:
2011 – 2012
20 / Updated 2/8/12- ISIS
GRCC Program Review / 2011-2012 Criteria & Tactics for Review-Degree/Credential (credit)
The Program Profile
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A. The Mission/Purpose
The Mission/Statement of Purpose
Data/Information: Enter mission statement
NA
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
We don’t currently have a department Mission Statement, this is something the Criminal Justice needs to work on. Once completed, we will update all relevant information. We also have to improve our Department Website in the very near future
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
B. The Faculty & Staff
Full & Part Time Faculty
List the names and credentials of your full and part time faculty:
Name
Anglim, Paul
Braman, Edward / Highest Degree
Masters
Bachelors / All Adjunct Staff
Culbert, Glenn
Durell, Dave
Gady, Jason
Gilbert, Kevin
Griffith, Kyle
Hargrave, Chad
Long, Greg
Luettke, Brian
Maley, Robin
McCaw, John
Meeuwsen, Matt
Morningstar, Stephanie
Peters, Robert
Reminga, Mark
Richhart, Jodi
Snyder, Kip
Walker, Chuck
Williamson, Randy
Willshire, Greg
Wittkowski, John
Wu, Wayne
The Skills curriculum of the Police Academy (Firearms, Defensive Tactics, Physical Fitness, First Aid and EVO require specific certifications to teach in the Police Academy. The criminal Law and Procedural Law classes require that the Instructor have a JD. All other Instructors must have a minimum of 2 years Police experience. The College requires a minimum of a Bachelors degree and 4000 hours of work experience. / Bachelors
Masters, JD
Bachelors
Masters
Masters
Bachelors
Bachelors
Bachelors
Masters
Bachelors
Bachelors
Bachelors
Bachelors
Masters
Masters
Masters
Masters
Bachelors
Masters
Masters
Masters
List the names and credentials of your staff
Name / Credentials
§  Tobolic, Fawn / §  BA / §  Support Professional
§  Richhart, Jodi / §  Master’s / §  Director
All Standards and credentialing are being met.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
1.  Accomplishments of Faculty
List/Describe the accomplishments of your faculty for the past year (awards, publications, curriculum development, etc):
Program of Study Year 2 work- Jodi Richhart and John Wittkowski
Overall, best academy Instructor- Kyle Griffith and John Wittkowski
Hybrid and Online Teaching
Presenter at The Michigan Chiefs Incident management teams
Unit Citation for motor unit Safety Practices
Precision Driving Grant
Implemented New American Civilian Academy in Michigan
Community Service recognized
2.  Faculty Professional Development
List/Describe the faculty professional development activities for the past year:
100 Below Driving training
Victim assistance training
National conference on Domestic Violence, Stalking and Sexual assault
Cooper Institute of fitness
Fire Fighter I and II Certification
New Chief School- Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police
Critical Incident for Peer Support
Great teachers seminar
Leadership Grand Rapids
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Police Officer Wellness Program
Precision Driving
FLETC- Law Enforcement Instructor meeting
Human Trafficking, train the trainer
Serve on Advisory Boards- Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Valley State University Police Academy, Ferris State University Police Academy.
Developed one day Driving course for in-service
Armored school
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
Adjunct Faculty in the Police Academy are engaged in both GRCC training and training conducted in their respective Police agencies and the West Michigan Criminal Justice Training Consortium training.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
3.  Number of FT/PT Faculty & % contact hours taught by each
Full-Time Hours / Adjunct Hours / % Full-time Hours / % Adjunct Hours
Criminal Justice Dept. (All) / 102% / 40% / 100%
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
The Police Academy Director is the only full time employee in the Police Academy. It would be fabulous to have an assistant and or another full time employee at the College to work on College Action plans, committees, recruiting, Perkins, Budgets, etc. However, I know that this is not something the college is willing to address at this time.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
C. The Students
1.  Program Enrollment
Program Name / Fall 2009 / Fall 2010 / Fall 2011
FT / PT / Total / FT / PT / Total / FT / PT / Total
Law Enforcement--Waiting / 178 / 158 / 336 / 195 / 189 / 384 / 153 / 216 / 369
Law Enforcement-Police Acad. / 2 / 21 / 23 / 11 / 28 / 39 / 2 / 30 / 32
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
The Perkins reporting is not an accurate reflection on our student enrollment. For instance, the Police Academy is a 10 month program that runs from January-October of every year. The Law Enforcement in waiting numbers should reflect those students in a plan code of 808, however, we know that our plan codes are not accurate. The number of Law Enforcement recruits is inaccurate. I believe that this number is reflecting those students who confer a degree with GRCC. However, there are many of our students who come to us with an Associates degree or higher from another institution and there fore do not get a GRCC degree. Please see attached spread sheet with accurate Student enrollment from 2003-2011. Our enrollment was down in 2009 ( 25 students) and now is 2012
( 32 students). Due to the low economy, fewer jobs and fewer graduates reaching out to get a job in law enforcement has an impact on our student numbers. Our Selection process also denies those students with criminal records, lack of good moral character, low gpa’s and low fitness standards. I also believe that we could use some assistance with recruiting new students and also at a younger age.
Program expansion and not warranted at this time. In 2010 (when we started tracking degrees awarded) GRCC, awarded 29 degrees and 9 students attended GRCC with a degree from another institution. In 2011, GRCC awarded 21 degrees and 11 students attended the Police Academy but already had a degree from another college or University. All Police Academy Students are full time.
·  ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
2.  Numbers of Graduates
Program Name / 2006-2007 / 2007-2008 / 2008-2009 / 2009-2010 / 2010-2011
LAW ENFORCEMENT / 26 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 6
LAW ENFORCEMENT--POLICE ACADEMY / 0 / 24 / 22 / 14 / 31
3.  Graduation Rate
Program Name / Starters / Grads by 2010 / # Yr Grad Rate
LAW ENFORCEMENT / 82 / 8 / 10%
LAW ENFORCEMENT--POLICE ACADEMY / not / started
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
The number of graduates reflected here is not accurate. Again, I believe that it has to do with the reporting requirements, the lack of conferred degrees, the inaccurate student plan codes and the time of year that the report is generated.
There is a need to offer a certificate to those students who are not conferring a degree from GRCC and to capitalize on every student in the Police Academy and 809 plan code to accurately reflect enrollment and graduation rates.
Our graduation rate is consistently 90-95% graduation rate.
The Police Academy is a full time program that runs for 10 months, starting in January-October. Starting the Winter semester, Summer and 7 weeks of Fall. There are two squads. The morning squad meets from approximately 7am-noon and the night squad from 5pm-10:30pm. GRCC is the ONLY Police Academy that has a night Police Academy. 99% of the night students would not be able to attend an academy if the night squad wasn’t offered by GRCC. The course sequencing is appropriate in this program.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
4.  Demographic Profile
Enter data summary
NA
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
This is a full time program run as one cohort.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
Program Content
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A. Admissions/Target Population
1.  Target Student Population
Describe for whom this program is intended
The law enforcement program is intended for those students who want to become certified police officers in the State of Michigan. Anyone intending on becoming a police officer, must meet all of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) minimum standards and must complete a Michigan Police Academy to be eligible for licensing.
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
To be successful, a student must be selected into the Police Academy, take and successfully pass the academy classes with a 70% average, take and pass the MCOLES licensing exam. The target population is age 18-49.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
2.  Admissions Criteria
Describe criteria for admissions and waitlist trends for the program (if any)
All students must first meet the minimum standards to becoming a police officer (18 years of age, United States Citizen, meet minimum hearing/vision/ emotional/ standards, pass a reading and writing test, a physical fitness test, Education requirements (minimum of an Associates degree) no Felony convictions, possess a valid drivers license, successfully pass a Police Academy and pass the MCOLES licensing exam. The admission to the Police Academy is highly competitive. Students fill out a detailed application with questions related to criminal history, moral conduct, education, etc. A background check is conducted on every student. Those students meeting the minimum MCOLES qualifications are invited to an oral board interview conducted by myself and Police Academy Advisory board members. Applicants that pass the process are admitted into the Police Academy. There is no waitlist. State wide there is a shortage of Minorities and Women in Law Enforcement. Concentration on recruiting minorities and females should
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
At this time all admissions criteria is being met.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
B. Curriculum History
1.  Program/Curriculum Changes
Document the following for the last 8 years. If something does not apply, indicate N/A:
§  New Courses- CJ 259- Report Writing and CJ 167- Tactical and Scenario Training. Currently writing a new Physical Fitness class for Criminal Justice students as a pre-requisite.
§  New Programs- NA
§  New Certificates- NA
§  New Degrees- NA
§  Significant modifications of any of the above- Finding an error in the contact hours of CJ 152. The students were not meeting for 3 contact hours; rather they were meeting for 2. The class was reclassified as a 2 credit hour class and the college reimbursed those students who were affected.
§  Closure of any of the above
§  Remediation of courses or programs as a result of Core Indicator or industry related requirements:
§  Curricular history may also include any partnership, grant, or other efforts that have significantly impacted curriculum and how.
§  Also include Advisory Board recommendations that influenced curriculum change. The Advisory board has consistently suggested better practices in the area of report writing and interviewing. The Academy has taken great strides in both areas by improving and update the report writing class and the rubric that will be used by all Academy instructors and adding video taped interviews and exit Mock interviews to the Academy. I have heard great things from local law enforcement and alumni about the quality of our student’s reports and interviews.
2.  External Accreditation
Document the following related to external accreditation:
§  name/address of the accrediting agency; Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, 106 W Allegan, Suite 600, Lansing, MI 48909
§  date of the most recent site visit, March 21, 2012
§  date for the next Operating Contract- October 1, 2012
§  number of years in the accreditation cycle- Not an accreditation, but a yearly contract from MCOLES
3.  Distance education offerings and use of technology
Document the following related to distance education offerings:
Courses within the program that are offered online or in hybrid format
There are no hybrid or online classes in the Police Academy
Names of faculty ( Adjunct in the Criminal Justice Program) certified to teach in the distance education and hybrid formats:
§  Banks, Nikki
§  Ebels, Gary
§  Hillard, Martin
§  Knoll, David
§  Willis, Janis
§  Wittkowski, John
4.  Experiential Learning Opportunities
Document the following related to experiential learning opportunities
The students who are getting a degree from GRCC are required to take 2- 90 hour internships with a Local/State or Federal agency in the Law Enforcement field.
The students do a lot of Service learning but not in the formal way that the college recognizes service learning. Some examples include assisting with traffic control on the first day of Fall semester, traffic control at festivals, 4th of July fireworks in Grand Haven, assisting with In-service police training and role-playing. Local departments request recruit assistance through out the year because the recruits are motivated, professional and curious. Our assistance helps local law enforcement immensely.
Names of faculty certified to do ASL:
NONE
C. Curriculum Planning
1.  Professional Standards
Enter professional standards with which the program is or should be aligned
Program is aligned with the MCOLES curriculum standards
Evaluation
NA
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
2.  Institutional Learning Outcomes
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
Curriculum is aligned with Institutional learning outcomes
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
3.  General Education
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
The Law Enforcement Program of Study work indentified that there is a need for a pre-requisite Physical Agility class to prepare students for the rigor of the Police Academy Physical fitness program. I will begin writing this class in the summer of 2012. There is also a need for better report writing. I am working with the EN and BA department to see what is already available and will continue to make writing a critical element in the Police Academy.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
4.  Experiential Learning
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
The students who don’t already have degrees will get experiential learning during their internships. There is also a lot of scenario training throughout the Police Academy on a weekly basis. We utilize role-playing throughout the curriculum.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
5.  Distance Education Offerings
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
NA- Right now MCOLES does not support hybrid and online training. This is not feasible at this time.
ACTION NEEDED? YES NO
6.  Program Student Learning Outcomes
Evaluation (using criteria & tactics):
The outcomes reflect the current expectations for student learning in this program.