Law Enforcement Option

Associate Degree Program

Are you highly motivated and interested in a career in law enforcement? Designed and offered in partnership with the Delaware State Police Training Academy, this competitive admissions program provides the education and training to be a competitive applicant for the Delaware State Police or a municipal police agency. Theory and lab courses are taught by certified police instructors. If accepted for employment, graduates of the program may be eligible to attend a shortened version of the Delaware State Policy Training Academy (Accelerated Academy), rather than the standard 22-week course of study. This degree offers graduates the opportunity to increase their potential when participating in the hiring process for law enforcement positions.

Graduates of the police academy can also attend Delaware Tech to complete the Criminal Justice Associate degree.

Offered at the following campus(es): Dover, Georgetown, Stanton

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

• Delaware State Police Officer
• Delaware Municipal Police Officer

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Employ criminal justice ethics in the performance of duties.
2. Employ the legal principles and practices of criminal and constitutional law.
3. Utilize interviewing, counseling, and crisis intervention techniques with diverse criminal justice populations.
4. Apply the knowledge and skills of a law enforcement professional.
5. Meet the academic training eligibility requirements for advanced standing status at the Delaware State Police Academy.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Alumni | Jean-Carlos Almonte