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Traffic Officer Certificate Program

Stanly Community College is proud to announce a new certificate program recognizing the educational achievements of professional traffic enforcement officers.  To obtain this certification, officers must meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Be a certified law enforcement officer in North Carolina.
  2. Be currently employed in good standing as either a full-time, part-time, or reserve officer.
  3. Successfully completed all core requirements (documented).
  4. Completed at least 200 hours training of the required 400 hours training in courses attended through Stanly Community College.

Applicants who meet the above criteria should complete an application for certificate along with the proper documentation.  Certificates will be presented twice annually (December and June).  No substitutions or exceptions will be made regarding the certificate requirements.

Required Courses Training Hours  
Intoxilyzer 5000 Operator (current certification) 35  
Radar or Time Distance Operator (current certification) 32  
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing 32  
Arrest, Search, and Seizure Update (within two years) 16  
Drug Interdiction/Investigation 16  
At Scene Traffic Crash Investigation 60  
Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation 60  
  Core Total: 251  

 

Elective Courses  
Clandestine Lab Safety and Awareness Course (DEA) 4  
Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstruction 24  
Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement 40  
Computerized Traffic Crash Diagramming 36  
Driver Instructor Training 50  
In-Car Video Training 16  
Motorcycle Crash Reconstruction 24  
Occupant Kinematics 16  
Officer Safety for Traffic Enforcement Officers 24  
Operation Lifesaver 24  
Pedestrian Crash Reconstruction 24  
Radar Instructor (Current Certification) 80  
Time-Distance Instructor (Current Certification) 40  
Traffic Crash Reconstruction 60  
Traffic Occupant Protection Strategies (TOPS) 16  
Using Laser Technology Instruments 32  
  Minimum Elective hours: 149  

 

For further information contact Christi Almond at (704) 991-0269 or calmond5263@stanly.edu

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