IVVC Law Enforcement - ivvc

Schamallenger Criminal Justice

Cory McCue won the rifle

The funds go to 4 GREAT causes.  1) Mutual Ground provides a safety net of services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault that include emergency shelter. 2) Cornerstone is a new beginning for single mothers and/or pregnant women with small children, age 0-3, whose education was delayed or interrupted. 3) Dojo Dynamics provides us with a training facility at NO CHARGE.  The money given to them is used for kids that want to learn the discipline of martial arts but can't afford the tuition. 4) Various families that our students know that are on hard times.

We are now doing our fund raiser. We are looking to raise $1300. We have the usual causes and adding Cornerstone in Plano. ALL of them are great causes. We are raffling off 3 airsoft guns. Total value of almost $400. Ask a current IVVC LE student for tickets. The raffle will be Dec 13th. We will be drawing the tickets live on a webcam so all can see.

We have done more scenarios this year than any other year!!  We have hundreds more to come!!  Email me for the YouTube channel to see all the videos.

Marine and National Guard came in.  What great opportunities!!  Next week we plan on doing some officer safety and handcuffing.  Looking forward to the Secret Service and doing some hardcore airsofting!

 

We had our first full week.  It was awesome.  Monday we spent reviewing and learning about the history of policing.  Tuesday we jumped into chapter 1.  Now is where it changes.  We have such a big class, that we now have "A" and "B" days for the first year students.  Wednesday the "A" group went to another facility to learn building searches while the "B" team stayed back at IVVC and completed a study guide.  Thursday they switched.  Both days, however, second years went to do the training.  Friday, second years went to the shoothouse and the first years did an assessment from the week's lessons.  The way it works now, second years spend 3 days doing scenarios and the other 2 days working on training projects for the first years.

We had a record 82 people come through the classroom.  It was awesome to meet all the parents and siblings!  Stay tuned for more information.

We have 65 students this year.  34 in PM and 31 in AM.  Am has 5 teams with 1 Lt. and PM has 6 teams with 2 Lts.  Due to the class size, I have arranged the days schedules with an "A" day and a "B" day.  This way when one half of the class is studying the other half is training.  The next day they flip and switch.  This way I can work with a small number of students (14 to 17) instead of the full 34.  Our days will be a little busier, but the training days will be awesome!!

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The year is over.  We have some major announcements for next year. 

We actually had 92 students sign up for this coming year.  Unfortunately, 20 didn't make the cut.  We will be starting out with close to 72 students.

There are 5 more days of IVVC for the 2010-2011 year.  Next year hopes to bring in a new curriculum with plenty of new ideas and challenges.  Stay tuned.

We had a vist from the Kendall County Coroner.  What a great time, as always.  The DeKalb County coroner is coming next Tuesday.  More exciting pictures.

Indian Valley Vocational Center second year law enforcement students spent a day at the ILEETA conference in Wheeling.  ILEETA, or the International Law Enforcement and Educators Association, is responsible for coordinating training and helping trainers with their programs.  This is a sworn police officer only conference and being able to go as a high school student is an honor.  Last year, we went to the conference and it was a huge success.  The students learned a lot and were able to see all of the newest training gear.  This year, we were able to stay a few hours later and experience some of the simulators as well as be able to see all of the booths and meet with many of the vendors.

Students were able to see the newest firearms, tasers, vests, self-defense items, and meet with colleges with criminal justice programs.  Most walked away with a few promotional items and all had a great time.

We won 2nd in the individual (Kaitlyn P.)  and 2nd in the team CSI (Sam R. and Jordan M.).

 

Great job!!  I'll post pictures Monday.

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Thursday and Friday we will be shooting each other.  Good Times!!!

I was remodeling the Shoot House today.  Adding doors. Good Times!!

Until April 2

We watched the 20th anniversary.  Wow!

We just qualified most of the first year students with the Mayhem (Glock) CO2 AirSoft gun.  Excellent shots!

Agent Straub and Agent Landau came again and gave a great presentation.

We had 8th graders at IVVC today.  We showed them DT, FATS, and SWAT.  I thought they would have been bigger.

The 2nd year students are teaming up with the Drafting and Design class to designa and build the Sandwich Police Department.  They have been given parameters and a deadline.  Thye have toured the Aurora, Montgomery, and Sandwich Police Departments.  Doing this project will giev them insight to the workings of a real police station and what is needed to make a successful and productive building.

Well, actually no they are not.  There is a public school in Sandwich which makes a drug test part of their requirements.  This year, the Indian Valley Vocational Center (IVVC) has a program that mandates that students pass a drug test in order to be involved with the activities. 

 

The Law Enforcement program at IVVC is cutting edge.  They work in textbooks, have spelling tests, write narratives, and do daily grammar just like any other class.  However, they also train with the Kendall and DeKalb County SWAT in force-on-force activities, engage in self-defense including karate and ju-jitsu, do hand-to-hand combat wearing full-padded suits, train with the Secret Service on dignitary protection, train with the FBI on rapid responding, train with Army Special Forces in room clearing on a military base, and train in their own “shoot house” (remodeled by the IVVC building trades class) with air soft guns.  The airsoft guns they use are similar to the BB guns of yester-year.  However, these guns are replica guns used by today’s law enforcement agencies.  They also shoot ‘plastic’ BBs that travel at about 350 feet per second.  Not taking all safety precautions could lead to some serious injuries.  That is why the instructor, Vince Logan, has taken every step necessary to make sure that no one gets injured.  Logan, who is a police officer part-time, is also a certified firearms instructor as well as a certified air soft instructor.   

 

“I can give the students all the training and safety gear (at about $50 a student), but if they are under the influence of a drug, that can lead to a very serious accident”, Logan states.  Logan was a leading DUI officer in his last police department.  “I could tell if they are under the influence of alcohol and having them submit to a drug test gives me and the other students piece of mind”, adds Logan.

 

Second year students must submit to a drug test in order to participate in ANY activity that involves shooting an airsoft gun or touching another student.  The drug test, (a self-contained Reditest® RediCup®) is supplied by Redwood Toxicology out of California and the results are ready within minutes.  Considering that “hands-on” is a very large part of their curriculum, not passing this test will take a lot of the fun out of second year activities.  Unfortunately, for 1 out of the 16 students, they will not be participating.  For first year students, there are random drug tests. There were 20 tests given out last week and all 20 students passed.

 

 

 

A drug test is not a condition of receiving a grade, it just puts parameters on what activities they can be involved in.  The students love it.  They actually volunteer to take the test.  In fact, students will take a picture of the drug test cup and send it to their parents.  One parent even asked their child to bring it home.

 

Today we had Will Taylor, the DEA's Official Spokesperson, come and explain what the DEA is about.  He also showed us what a meth lab looks like as well as how to respond to the scene.  He then also briefily went over what a warrant is and how to go about attaining one.  It was a very enlightening class and the students learned a lot.

Today we worked on warrant arrests. 10-99 means wanted.

 

We also are doing drug tests.  10 today and 10 tomorrow.  That means that so far 40 out of the 60 students have submitted to drug tests.  Results will be posted tomorrow on how many didn't pass.

This week we will be doing Terry Stops.