Criminal Justice & Public Safety

Program Mission Statement

The Department of Criminal Justice Training at St. Johns River State College is committed, through the delivery of quality effective training in an academically sound environment, to providing law enforcement agencies and the community with professional and disciplined law enforcement and correctional officers who will possess the essential knowledge and skills to effectively serve as public safety professionals.

As a component of a comprehensive public two-year college committed to open access, student learning and achievement, the criminal justice program of St. Johns River State College will provide personalized attention to students, will embrace diversity and will use innovation to enhance teaching and learning.

Criminal Justice Use of Social Security Numbers

SJR State collects SSNs to verify entrance eligibility for criminal justice students to be placed into the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Automated Training Management System (ATMS) during the students’ attendance in basic law enforcement recruit, corrections cross-over to law enforcement, corrections basic recruit and law enforcement cross-over to corrections classes. The students’ SSNs are also used to validate their eligibility to sit for the FDLE state office certification exams.

Note: Previous dismissals from this or another institution will be reviewed and admissions into Criminal Justice Academy programs may be declined based on the results of the review.

Programs

• Correctional Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida Law Enforcement Academy, C.C.
• Correctional Probation Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida Law Enforcement Academy, C.C.
• Criminal Justice Technology Specialist, C.C.C.
• Criminal Justice Technology, A.S.
• Florida Law Enforcement Officer Academy, C.C.
• Homeland Security Specialist, C.C.C.
• Paralegal Studies, A.S.