The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is now licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau. As a result, the agency may now deliver state-mandated training to students seeking employment as a security officer.
Members from eight nationally acclaimed institutions located across the nation came together in Dallas, TX, on Sept. 11 to sign the official charter for the Forensic and Crime Scene Investigation Consortium (FCSIC).
The Basic County Corrections (BCC) course offered through the TEEX Corrections Academy has become a significant licensing tool to meet new jailer staffing requirements. In fact, more than 50% of all Texas counties are now using the blended learning program.
The $2.2 million Robert E Bob Wiatt Physical Skills Training Complex at the Texas A&M Riverside Campus was dedicated May 16 at a ceremony that drew Texas A&M University System dignitaries, local law enforcement officials, cadets from the Central Texas Police Academy and family and friends of the late Robert E. Bob Wiatt. The 3,100-square-foot facility will serve the cadets of TEEX’s Central Texas Police Academy.
Students who train with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and are interested in applying their technical training toward a degree in higher education have a new opportunity through Bethel University in Tennessee. The Bethel University College of Public Service has agreed to provide TEEX students up to 47 hours of elective college credit toward the 128 hours required to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree, which can be completed online.
TEEX Public Safety & Security has launched a new online version of Basic Criminal Investigation. Thanks to grant funding provided by the Governors office, the course is being offered tuition-free until December 2012.
A new online Public Safety Telecommunicator course offered by the TEEX Law Enforcement Extension Program is expected to help local law enforcement agencies facing tight budgets. The course is designed to meet training requirements set by TCLEOSE to prepare public safety dispatch personnel to achieve the TCLEOSE Basic Telecommunicator Proficiency Certificate.
The Texas Forensic Science Academy (TFSA) at TEEX has received a $425,000 training grant from the Governors Office, Texas Criminal Justice Division. The grant will allow TFSA to deliver 27 tuition-free courses to over 540 crime scene investigators across the State of Texas.
2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the beginnings of formal law enforcement extension training in Texas. The training was initially offered by the Industrial Extension Training Service of Texas A&M University, the forerunner of the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). The anniversary is being commemorated by the TEEX Public Safety & Security division, which continues to conduct extension law enforcement training across the state and operates the Central Texas Police Academy.
Construction has begun on the $2.2 million Wiatt Physical Skills Training Complex at the Texas A&M Riverside Campus in Bryan. The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) training facility will bear the name of the late Robert “Bob” Wiatt, an FBI agent and former Texas A&M University Chief of Police.