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Comprehensive Community Corrections Act (CCCA) & Pretrial Services Act (PSA) — Basic Skills
A recent Basic Skills Class poses for a group picture.
In order to ensure that new local probation and pretrial officers receive pre-service training that is standardized, relevant, timely and sufficient to prepare them for their job duties, the Department of Criminal Justice Services provides ongoing Basic Skills for Local Community Corrections and Pretrial Programs. The successful completion of this forty-hour training during the first six months of employment is mandated by program standards and includes the following segments:
- Criminal Justice System Overview
- Verbal Intervention/Officer Safety
- Domestic Violence
- Supervision Theory
- Minimum Standards for Local Probation and Pretrial Programs
- Substance Abuse Issues
- Overview of Pretrial Services/Screening/Interviewing
- Professionalism & Ethics
- Liabilities Issues
- Community Service & Restitution
- PTCC Toolbox
- VCIN Certification
- Courtroom Demeanor
If you have been approved to register for Basic Skills and you wish directions to the training site, see the following links.
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