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Basic Law Enforcement Academy
Basic Law Enforcement Academy
at Ventura College
Los Angeles Catalog
This program includes a nine hundred ten-hour Police Science class certified by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and administered by the Ventura County Sheriffs Department in collaboration with the Ventura County Community College District (Ventura College), as well as an eighty-hour orientation course (POSC V01A). POSC V01 is a basic training course required by POST for all new law enforcement officers in the state of California.
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Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.
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Admissions
The state screening requirements for admission into the RBC are taking and passing a reading and writing ability test for entry into the RBC (scores will be used to determine if applicants are able to read and write at levels necessary to perform the job of Peace Officer), have attained the age of at least 18 years old, a physical examination, Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check and clearance, a valid California driver�s license with no restrictions, never have been convicted of a felony, and successfully passing the POST Physical Agility Test. The RBC is required by POST.