COR 105 - Sheriff’s Corrections Academy V

2.  Demonstrate First Aid and AED skills for first responders in local jail settings.

3.  Identify the best solution to a problem or issue.

4.  Use reflection to examine personal beliefs and values and identify their origins and potential biases. 

5.  Work well in teams and with others. 

The orientation is designed to welcome the recruits/students into the corrections academy. Topics discussed during this section include:

     A.  Academy rules and regulations

     B.  Policy and Procedures

     C.  The Director’s Expectation

     D.  Facilities

     E.  Tour of Campus 

     F.  Inmate Manipulation

II.  Cumulative Exam (2 hours)

III. Fire Safety (8 hours)

This module is designed to demonstrate basic fire science procedures, including proper fire suppression techniques, utilizing portable fire extinguishers and functioning within a smoke filled environment using a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). Emphasis is placed upon function, proper use, and maintenance of the SCBA.  The module is not intended to develop skills of a professional fire fighter but will demonstrate how to quickly recognize and suppress small fires and effectively implement rescue procedures for personnel and inmates during fire and smoke situations in a competent, confident, and professional manner.

A.  Basic Fire Science Techniques

1. Proper Use of Portable Fire Extinguishers
2. Use of (SCBA) in a Smoke-filled Environment
3. Suppress Small Fires
4. Implement Rescue Procedures for Personnel and Inmates
5. Fire Hose Use

IV. Implicit Bias (4 hours)

This module is designed to help students understand the concepts, theories and research associated with implicit bias.  This class is designed to help students develop the tools to identify personal bias and reduce bias in decision making

     A.  Understand that even well-intentioned people have biases.

     B.  Understand how implicit biases impact on what we perceive/see and can (unless prevented) impact on what we do.

     C.  Understand that fair and impartial policing leads to effective policing.

     D.  Use tools that help him/her (1) recognize his/her conscious and implicit biases, and (2) implement “controlled” (unbiased) behavioral responses.

V. First Aid/CPR/AED (8 hours)

This module is designed to demonstrate the required skills for a first responder in a jail. The approved programs for this module are the American Red Cross, Workplace Training, Standard First Aid; American Heart Association, Heart-saver First Aid; and American Safety and Health Institute, First Responder.

A.  Required First Responder Skills

1. First Aid
2. Use of AED

Lab/Demonstration: 25-50%