Course Information
Course title: Jailor/Court Services In-Service
Course number: JCS1204
Course description: This course is designed to meet the Department of Criminal Justice Services in-service training requirements for officers or deputies with a primary certification as a jailor, civil process server or court security officer.

Prerequisite(s): Students below the rank of sergeant must be enrolled by a supervisor.

Course Requirements
Introduction: This course is comprised of four training modules. Each module is composed of several sections (classes). Students who complete this course will earn 24 hours of in-service training credit (4 hours legal/2 hours cultural diversity/18 hours career development).

Requirements: Students must read the material contained in each of the five training modules. After the student has read the material in a given module, he must take the module quiz. In order to successfully complete a module quiz, the student must score 70%. The student will be given two opportunities to successfully complete the quiz. At the director's discretion, a third opportunity may be granted upon the request of the student's chief, sheriff or agency administrator.

Module 1
Lesson: Legislative Updates
Objectives or Goals: The objective of this training module is to provide the student with a review of the legislative changes that passed during the most recent session of the Virginia General Assembly.

Topics:
  1. Legal Update

    • General Laws
    • Jail/Court Services Laws
    • Criminal Laws
    • Traffic Laws
    • Juvenile Laws
    • Animal Control Laws

Module 2
Lesson: Death Issues
Objectives or Goals: The first objective of this module is to discuss the causes of police suicide, methods of prevention and dealing with the impact of police suicide.

The second objective of this module is to provide instruction on the proper procedures for delivering a death message.

The third objective objective of this module is to provide an overview of the benfits that are available to the survivors of Virginia criminal justice offices that die in the
line of duty.


Topics:
  1. Police Suicide

  2. Line of Duty Death Benefits

  3. Ethics and Professionalism For Criminal Justice Officer

Module 3
Lesson: Cultural Diversity - Asian Community
Objectives or Goals: The first objective of this module is to provide the student with an understanding of Asian culture.

The second objective of this module is to familarize students with certain rules of etiquette that pertaing to the predominate Asian ethnic groups in the U.S.

The third objective of this module is to identify the characteristics of Asian street gangs.

Topics:
  1. Introduction to the Asian Culture

  2. Asian Etiquette

  3. Introduction to Asian Gangs

  4. Net Detective - Cultural Diversity

  5. Net Detective Forum - Cultural Diversity

Module 4
Lesson: Stress Management and Alzheimer's Disease
Objectives or Goals: The first objective of this module is to identify the causes of stress in the workplace.

The second objective of this module is to identify the methods of managing work stress.

The third objective of this module is to identify the symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease.

The forth objective of this module is to identify the appropriate police response to common situations involving victims of Alzheimer's disease.

Topics:
  1. Stress in the Workplace

  2. Working With Stress - Video

  3. Stress Management - Video

  4. Understanding Alzheimer's Disease

  5. Alzheimer's Disease - Video