Criminal Justice


>>Click Here<<

Lock up your future and help secure your community through learning in the Criminal Justice Center of Excellence. GCCC’s Criminal Justice Program initiated in 1969 earned a strong reputation for hands-on learning, team building and leadership. Graduates not only learn theory, but use it. The Criminal Justice Technology Center features crime scene sketching, AFIX print technologies and multi-media training for the courtroom and law enforcement, along with other technology.

This program is for adults of any age. Interested individuals high school graduates should talk to a Garden City Community College counselor to enroll. If you’re a high school student in Garden City, you may earn articulated college credit when you take Law I & II in your junior and senior year. Contact your high school counselor for additional information and to enroll in these classes:

Garden City High School

  • Law I
  • Law II
  • Law III

Holcomb High School

  • History of Law

GCCC Links
General and Criminal Justice
http://www.gcccks.edu/current/studentorgs/crimjust/index.htm
Fire Science
http://www.gcccks.edu/current/studentorgs/crimjust/Firescience/index.htm
EMST
http://www.gcccks.edu/current/studentorgs/crimjust/emst/index.htm


We can create individual programs with specialized criminal justice needs for you. Students entering the Law Enforcement/Certified Law Enforcement Training program must meet the same entry-level requirements as Kansas law enforcement officers, with the exception of age. Law enforcement majors must also successfully pass a:

  • Background investigation
  • Polygraph test
  • Entrance interview

Depending on your career plan, technical courses at GCCC may include:

  • Introduction to the Administration of Justice
  • Criminal Investigation I
  • Criminal Investigation II
  • Criminal Justice Computer Applications
  • Criminal Law
  • Juvenile Justice and Corrections
  • Police Administration
  • Police Firearms I
  • Police Firearms II
  • Police Firearms III
  • Police Science Seminars including
    • Baton & Handcuffing
    • Rappelling (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)
    • SWAT
  • EVOC I & II
  • Dispatch I & II
  • Supervised Police Training
  • Traffic Accident Investigation


A new Certified Law Enforcement Training program is being planned which will involve an innovative reverse ride-along with the Finney County Sheriff’s Office and the Garden City Police Department.

Community Service

Community involvement and participation are essential elements of criminal justice. Numerous opportunities for community service are available to you each semester. Graduates complete 100 hours of community service.

Black and white supervised police training program

This unique opportunity for sophomore law enforcement majors puts your education to practical use. The program features three patrol vehicles and two police motorcycles, all fully equipped, dispatch capabilities and the latest in radar, computer and video equipment to allow you to work in a variety of simulated situations. A new Certified Law Enforcement Training program features an innovative reverse ride-along with Finney County Sheriff’s Office and Garden City Police Department.

Degrees

  • Associate in applied science (Non-transfer)
  • Associate in science (Transfer)

Investigations and forensics

This two year, hands on program, leading to an associate in science transfer degree emphasizes the sciences, computer technologies and investigations.

Criminal Justice General Emphasis

This program places an emphasis on general criminal justice topics including corrections and juvenile justice. Designed as a transfer program, the associate in science program prepares you to move on to baccalaureate institutions


Fire Science >> An exciting new program...concentrates on professional firefighter training, serving 24 or more students each year....