{"id":1801,"date":"2018-02-15T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:52:28","slug":"dual-enrollment-public-safety-education-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/dual-enrollment-public-safety-education-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual Enrollment Public Safety Education Program Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0St. Petersburg College \/St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) Public Safety Education Program, formerly known as the St. Petersburg Police Cadet Program, is a dual enrollment program designed to allow high school students with an interest in law enforcement or public safety the opportunity to complete college-level courses in to preparation for entering this career field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/02\/PSEP-Poster-2018-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1802 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/02\/PSEP-Poster-2018-002-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dual Enrollment\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/02\/PSEP-Poster-2018-002-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/02\/PSEP-Poster-2018-002-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/02\/PSEP-Poster-2018-002-663x1024.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>This program targets 11th and 12th grade high school students and allows them to take college-level courses at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/friends-partners\/about\/locations\/allstate-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC Allstate Center<\/a> after their regular school day. Students enrolled in the program will take a total of four classes during their last four semesters of high school, with the opportunity to earn a total of 12 college credits. Credits can be applied toward a degree program at SPC, or they can be transferred to any accredited college or university that will accept them.<\/p>\n<p>The program requires a 3.0 GPA, but students with a 2.5 GPA can enroll, as long as the GPA is trending up. The decision to accept students without a 3.0 is done on a case-by-case decision.<\/p>\n<h5>Course schedule, days and times<\/h5>\n<p>The program consists of\u00a0 four courses taken during the junior and senior years of high school:<\/p>\n<p>11<sup>th<\/sup> Grade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CJE1202- Crime and Delinquency<\/li>\n<li>CJE2605- Investigative Trends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12<sup>th<\/sup> Grade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CCJ2720-Introduction to Research Methods Criminal Justice<\/li>\n<li>DSC1004-Introdudction to the NRF and NIMS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Classes are offered at the Allstate Center Monday through Thursday from 3 &#8211; 4:15 p.m. two days per week.<\/p>\n<p>Opportunities for field trips and interaction with the <a href=\"http:\/\/police.stpete.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg Police Department<\/a> and other law enforcement and public safety professionals will be offered. The program will require students to participate in training with the SPPD one Saturday per semester.<\/p>\n<p>Participating students who are 18 years of age also have the opportunity to obtain part-time employment with the city of St. Petersburg, which could be a stepping stone for other opportunities and careers with the city.<\/p>\n<p>The program is currently offered to the following South County high schools, but North County students are welcome to participate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gibbs<\/li>\n<li>Boca Ciega<\/li>\n<li>Lakewood<\/li>\n<li>St. Petersburg<\/li>\n<li>Northeast<\/li>\n<li>Pinellas Park<\/li>\n<li>Dixie Hollins<\/li>\n<li>Osceola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students will need to have transportation the Allstate Center to attend classes.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, please contact Michael Hughes, Chair of Law Programs at SPC at\u00a0727-341-4146, or email him at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hughes.michael@spcollege.edu\">hughes.michael@spcollege.edu.\u00a0 <\/a>Or Call Calvin Gordon, PSEP Instructor, at\u00a0727-341-4509, or email him at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Gordon.calvin@spcollege.edu\">Gordon.calvin@spcollege.edu.\u00a0<\/a>Also available is Janie Staples, St. Petersburg Police Officer, at\u00a0727-892-5082, or email her at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Janie.Staples@stpete.org\">Janie.Staples@stpete.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0St. Petersburg College\/St. Petersburg Police Department Public Safety Education Program is a dual enrollment program designed to allow high school students with an interest in law enforcement or public safety the opportunity to complete college-level courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":1912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-safety-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}