This course is designed to give law enforcement personnel training to enhance their professional careers. It has been designed to meet the minimum requirements set out in the NAC for Professional Certificates and may also be used for continuing education credit (NAC 289.230) to supplement the (non mandatory) annual training hours requirement.
How to Enroll: A Password is REQUIRED to review this course. To receive the password, send an email to bgatlin@post.state.nv.us with the course title, your name, return email address, and POST PIN number (your certification will be verified). The password will be sent to the email address you provide.
The requirements listed below pertain to Nevada peace officers in sworn positions.
Course Requirements: You must not have previously taken this course, and you must have permission from your supervisor to complete this course.
Minimum Passing Score: 80% on the Final Exam
Credit Hours: 6
How to receive credit for this course: Upon successful completion of the course, print your certificate. Give the certificate (or copy) to your agency single-point-of-contact so that the course credit can be reported to POST and added into your training record.
Course Overview
A peace officer assigned to regularly investigate cases of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children under the age of 18 years must be certified to carry out those duties. The purpose of this course is to explain the crime elements required to arrest for harming a child by: injury, or endangerment, physical abuse of a child, lewd or lascivious acts with a child, annoying or molesting children, possession of child pornography, unlawful sexual intercourse and loitering about schools or public places where children congregate. To recognize the specific child abuse reporting requirements, to include the categories of professional occupations required to report harm to children.
It is a peace officer’s responsibility for maintaining the confidentiality of the reporting party. This course will discuss the exigent circumstances that could lead to forced entry of a location and/or removal of a child from the location and state the statutory definition of child abuse. At the end of this course you better understand physical and behavioral indicators of physical child abuse, physical neglect of a child, mental suffering and sexual abuse of a child. Each incident must be categorized as a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony.
Minimum Passing Score: 80% on the Final Exam
Credit Hours: 2 Hours
How to Enroll: Click on the course name.
This course is "open enrollment". Select the course name in the course list to enroll.
Course Requirements: You must not have previously taken this course, and you must have permission from your supervisor to complete this course.
How to receive credit for this course: Upon successful completion of the course, print your certificate.
Give the certificate (or copy) to your agency single-point-of-contact so that the course credit can be reported to POST and added into your training record.
Brief Course Description: Defines mental illness and mental health crisis, NRS concerning mental illness and mental health crisis, signs of schizophrenia, signs of bi-polar disorder, signs of dementia, signs of depression and suicide risk, strategies in managing persons with mental health issues, working knowledge of involuntary commitment, appropriate methods of contacting and speaking with the mentally ill or in crisis, signs and symptoms of excited delirium, protocol for handling people with excited delirium, NRS 433A and legal form 2000-R.
This course is designed to give law enforcement personnel training to enhance their professional careers. It has been designed to meet the minimum requirements set out in the NAC for Professional Certificates.
Although this course is specifically for law enforcement, anyone with an interest is invited to take the course to further their education and skills.
The requirements listed below pertain to Nevada peace officers in sworn positions.
Course Requirements: You must not have previously taken this course, and you must have permission from your supervisor to complete this course.
Minimum Passing Score: 80% on the Final Exam
Credit Hours: 6
How to Enroll: Student self-enrollment. Click on the course name.
How to receive credit for this course: Upon successful completion of the course, print your certificate.
Give the certificate (or copy) to your agency single-point-of-contact so that the course credit can be reported to POST and added into your training record.