CSI crime scene investigator. Law & Order. NYPD Blue. You've seen the shows, how would
you like to be one of the people who do
the crime scene investigation or maybe
even the analysis of the evidence in the
forensic lab or tracking down that bad
suspect? Maybe you'd rather work in the
corrections field or the Department of
Children and Family Services. How about the department of Homeland Security? If one of these areas interests
you then maybe the criminal justice
program at MCC is for you. This program
prepares students for employment in the
criminal justice field in both public
and private agencies. The Associate's
Degree curriculum consists of relevant
and hands-on criminal justice courses
supported by a strong social sciences and
liberal arts foundation. Students may choose
to complement their program of study
by selecting electives in the area of
law enforcement, corrections,
administration and forensic science or
Homeland Security. Students may also
choose to pursue a concentration in law
enforcement Corrections forensic science
or Homeland Security and this
concentration will provide the student
with an opportunity to earn a
certificate which offers a way to boost
career opportunities and mobility for
criminal justice officials. All classes
are offered both days and evenings.
MCC also offers a pre-service
correction certificate that helps
prepare students for entry into State of
Connecticut Department of Corrections as a correctional trainee. Program graduates, in
addition to receiving a certificate for
their college study, are also granted a
waiver for the Department of Corrections
written entrance examination. Why
criminal justice at MCC? Well MCC offers classes taught by experienced faculty
with real-life experience in education
in a variety of areas within the field
of criminal justice. Classes are
supplemented with hands-on exercises,
guest lectures from the field and mock
scenarios all of which helps the
student understand the material and the
lessons from a real world perspective. If
you're fortunate enough to be
selected as a police officer you'll have
the opportunity to have some
diversification in what you do on a day
to day basis. Patrol, which is where you'll
start out is only one function of being a police
officer. Usually there's room for
advancement in criminal investigations
in my case in the traffic unit. These
motorcycles are used to assist traffic
enforcement. We participate in a regional
traffic enforcement squad called Metro
Traffic Services. It combines resources
from East Hartford, Manchester, South
Windsor, Vernon, Windsor, East Windsor
and Coventry and together we participate
in traffic enforcement initiatives, DUI
spot checks, seatbelt safety checks. The
motorcycles are just another tool to
assist us in traffic enforcement we can
get to places where police cruisers
can't. As a police k-9 handler primary
responsibility is the support of a
patrol officer on the street. We're
trained and certified in patrol utility
functions which is the apprehending of
suspects, area searches, building searches,
evidence recovery, tracking and most
importantly narcotic detection. We're
trained to sniff out marijuana, cocaine,
crack cocaine and heroin. Graduates of
criminal justice program have found work
in a variety of public and private
agencies including state and municipal
police departments,
Department of Corrections, State Police
forensic lab, Department of Children and
Family Services
border patrol indication, Connecticut
probation and parole, urban search and
rescue underneath homeland security and
other federal criminal justice agencies.
MCC's criminal justice program has a
strong relationship with many local and
state agencies as well as colleges and
universities in Connecticut and throughout
the region. Students who have completed
the criminal justice associates degree
requirements have transferred successfully to
such schools as Boston college,
Boston University, Connecticut State
Universities, Michigan State University,
Northeastern University, Springfield
College in Massachusetts, University of
Connecticut, University of Massachusetts,
Western New England, and Yale University
just to name a few. "After graduating from
UConn with a business degree I decided
to come back to MCC in the criminal
justice program where I participated in a
lot of great activities and am now in my
last year of law school at University of
Connecticut's School of Law and actually
running for State Representative in
South Windsor. Students in MCC's
criminal justice program have the unique
opportunity to experience both the
academic and practical side of criminal
justice field providing graduates with
the solid educational foundations needed
to pursue their academic and career
goals. So if you have an interest in the
criminal justice program and in criminal
justice
then MCC is the place for you.
