LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM

This program is open to all Seneca Valley High School students and all regional students who attend Seneca Valley High School. Current 10th and 11th grade students who live within the following high school clusters: Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, and Watkins Mill must apply to be admitted into this program. 

Foundations of Law Enforcement is the 1st course in the Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement and Leadership program at Seneca Valley High School. For the first semester, students investigate a broad overview of the stages in the criminal justice process. This is followed by a focus on criminal law and broad local, state, and national crime trends. Finally, the second semester focuses on the roles, operations, and ethics of law enforcement.

This course does not require any prerequisites. Students can take the second course, Law Enforcement & Emergency Preparedness, either simultaneously with this first course or after its completion.