Welcome to the Criminal Justice Program at BTEC

 Learn about:
  • Your constitutional rights
  • The defendant's rights
  • Your career options
  • Law enforcement and its challenges
  • The court system
  • Elements of a crime
  • The world of corrections
  • Real life accounts of people in the field through guest speakers

 
Participate in: 
  • Handcuffing
  • Basic fingerprinting
  • Lifting latent fingerprints
  • Basic crime scene investigation
  • Weapon retention
  • Report writing
  • Field trip to Roanoke Police Academy
    and Police Department
  • Field trip to Botetourt County Courts and jail