Upon successful completion of the Police Science degree program, students posses the knowledge and skills to earn both the Associate in Science degree and Basic Police Officer Academy certification accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Students are qualified for employment as a California Peace Officer, Deputy Sheriff, or Level I Reserve Officer. Graduating students successfully demonstrate ethical conduct, the ability to make judgments concerning the enforcement of the law without prejudice, apply the level of force that can lawfully be used by a peace officer, recognize the importance of initial and ongoing training in coping with dangerous situation, analyze and solve problems, write reports that conform to accepted professional standards of quality, and recognize and understand concepts of terminology that is needed to understand the California criminal justice system.