Introduction to Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (LPSCS) is the pre-requisite for all other courses within the Career Cluster. This course provides students with career-focused educational opportunities in various LPSCS fields. It examines the basic concepts of law related to citizens’ rights and the responsibilities, and students will receive instruction in critical skill areas including: communicating with diverse groups, conflict resolution, ethics, CERT (Citizens Emergency Response Training, or similar program), basic firefighting, report writing, terrorism, civil and criminal law. Career planning and employability skills will be emphasized. (GADOE)
In this class, students will take a hands-on approach to learn an overview of the tasks and responsibilities of professionals in careers such as public safety, corrections, security, and the vast areas that involve the law. Students will learn life-saving skills such as CPR, first aid, utilizing an automated external defibrillator and use those skills in a variety of scenarios to perform life-saving skills. Students will learn valuable emergency management skills and utilize those skills to respond to a variety of disaster scenarios. This is a hands-on class and requires students to be disciplined, active participants and occasionally work outside.
In all classes students are exposed to career professionals in the areas of law, public safety, corrections and security at which time students have the opportunity to ask questions and network for future career-related possibilities.