RESTRICTED. Open only to Police Academy Option students. Covers classroom, simulator and actual driving practice mandated by the Maryland Police Training Commission for pre-employment certification as a sworn law enforcement officer. It is a capstone course of our Police Academy area of study and features classroom lecture, electronic simulator use and hands-on driver training. Students undergo an extensive defensive driving and emergency vehicle operation course. Included are driver attitude, defensive awareness and presence of mind, driver skills, physical forces that act on the vehicle, and safety of operator and the public in emergency response, pursuit driving and traffic enforcement stops. Lab includes operation of police vehicles on a skill pad, skid pad, urban grid and a highway response course. Prerequisite: Permission of director. Note: Class is restricted to AACC Police Academy students and will meet at a Driver Training Facility (DTF) of the Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commission (MPCTC) at Sykesville, Maryland.
Term: Fall 2026
Course Type: Credit - 2 Credits
Section: 360
Ways to take the class: Face-to-face
Days: MTWThF
Time: 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM
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End Date:
Location: Off Campus
Room:
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Building:
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Instructor: To be Announced (Subject to change)
Class Size: 20
Section Info: ***Police Academy Students Only***