Training
Campus Police Officer Training Program
The Becker College Campus Police Department is dedicated to providing our community with the best possible quality of officer. We at Becker College recognize that one of the most important ways to accomplish this task is through dedicated, consistent, and continual training. The Becker College Campus Police Department determines its training needs based on legal mandates, court decisions, federal and state standards, current law enforcement trends, directives from the Campus Police Chief, and most of all the observed and implied needs of the college community. The Becker College Campus Police Department receives its training through a variety of programs. The bulk of this training is conducted through programs of certification offered by the Municipal Police Training Committee (formerly Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council) as well as the Massachusetts State Police Academy at New Braintree, Massachusetts. In addition Becker College also employs on its staff officers who maintain certification as instructors in several relevant areas.
New Officer Orientation
All new officers participate in a field training program before being assigned to full-time patrol duties. This program includes familiarization with the Becker College community, review and recognition of department rules, regulations, policies and procedures, department report forms, reporting requirements, local law enforcement agencies, community services and interaction, use of force continuum, safe and effective use of firearms, as well as patrol function basics.
Departmental In-Service Training
Each year every member of the Becker College Campus Police Department receives a minimum, mandatory forty (40) hours of in-service training, relative to the effective performance of the required duties present at the college. This is a requirement that is imposed by the Becker College Campus Police Department, in excess of the state mandated requirements. In addition several officers have taken the initiative to surpass the required minimum training program by taking part in programs of specialized study offered by both the Massachusetts State Police Training Facility located at New Braintree Massachusetts, as well as the Municipal Police Training Committee (formerly the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council) located at Boylston, Massachusetts. The following is a list of some of the additional training received by these officers:
- ASP Expandible Baton Techniques
- Active Shooter
- Basic Search Warrants
- Bomb Threat Protocols
- CJIS Certified operator
- C.O.B.W.E.B.
- Crime Scene Investigations
- Designated Infection Control Officer
- Domestic Violence Awareness and Response
- Defensive Tactics Instructor
- Emergency Medical Dispatcher
- Explosive Devices Recognition
- Field Training Officer
- First Responder Certified Instructor
- Gang Awareness
- Hazardous Materials Responder
- Infectious Disease Awareness
- Law Enforcement Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction Instructor
- LEAPS Certified operator
- Liability for Police Supervisors
- Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement (MAWLE)
- Monadnock Expandable Baton MEB Basic Instructor
- Narco-Terrorism
- Narcotics Enforcement
- R.A.D. (Rape Aggression Defense) Basic Instructor
- Responding to Hate Crimes
- Sexual Assault Response Investigator
- Standard Field Sobriety Testing (SFST)
- State Certified Emergency 9-1-1 operator
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
All police personnel are required by Massachusetts state law to maintain a current certificate in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Each year Becker Officers are tested, must demonstrate their knowledge of, and receive recertification in these skills. Since his employment in August of 2001, Lieutenant Richard A. Menard III has been designated as the Becker College Campus Police Department's Training Coordinator. Lt. Menard maintains certification as a Municipal Police Training Committee (formerly Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council) certified First Responder Instructor; a Massachusetts State Police certified First Responder Instructor, and an American Red Cross Professional Rescuer Instructor.
Municipal Police Training Committee Courses
The Municipal Police Training Committee (formerly the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council (MCJTC)) is the state agency responsible for setting the municipal accreditation standards of training throughout the law enforcement community within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The MPTC is currently located in the following eight regional training academies: Boylston, Canton, Feeding Hills (Agawam), New Bedford, Norwood, Plymouth, Reading,Weymouth. The MPTC offers a multitude of programs to promote educational advancement of police personnel. Becker College Campus Police Officers attend a program of certification established and conducted by the MPTC. This program along with the Massachusetts Special State Police Academy provides Becker Officers with their authority as Massachusetts Special State Police Officers under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 22 c Section 63 (M.G.L.c22s63). Becker College Police Officers posses a sworn duty to apply and execute federal, state, and local laws, as well as college policies and regulations.
Suicide Prevention
Becker College Campus Police Officers attend this program of training presented by the Municipal Police Training Committee (formerly Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council [MCJTC]). The Suicide Prevention program focuses on recognition of and preventive actions associated with suicide.
