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educational opportunities to fulfill your career goals.
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ollowing the terrorist attacks of On-the-Job Training careers—for example, police and sheriff’s
September 11, 2001, the Lamar On-the-job training is a viable option for patrol officers, detectives and criminal
Institute of Technology (LIT) in students entering law enforcement and other investigators, correctional officers
Beaumont was the first college in Texas public safety careers. Don’t think that that and jailers, emergency management
to offer a bachelor’s degree program in means no more school, however. Almost specialists, and firefighters.
homeland security. every career in Law, Public Safety, Corrections Programs in these careers let recruits earn
About 85 percent of participants enter & Security requires more education and salary and benefits from their employers
directly from high school, while others join training than you will get in high school. as they learn their jobs. Although some
to advance their military or law enforcement The Texas Workforce Commission law enforcement and public safety agencies
careers. LIT also offers a crime scene has projected the 50 fastest-growing hire employees without prior experience,
technician degree with a focus in forensic occupations that students can enter most require applicants to complete basic
science, an area that has drawn greater directly from high school with on-the- training—perhaps at a police or fire
interest with the popularity of TV shows job training. Its list includes a number of academy—and pass certain exams.
such as CSI. Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security At many Texas fire departments, for
instance, applicants must pass a test called
Plan Your future the “Structural Firefighter Exam.” To
As you graduate from
THere are 77,000 acTIve memBers
prepare, students can receive training at
high school, you’ll community colleges and fire departments
stand at an educational
of THe sTaTe Bar of Texas. memBersHIp Is
that offer programs certified through the
crossroads. Your path requIred for all lawYers pracTIcIng In Texas. Texas Commission on Fire Protection.
may take you to a four-
year university program
like that offered by LIT, or you may opt
to go directly to work to gain on-the-job
training, attend a police or fire academy,
enter the military, or pursue a two-year
associate’s degree. With seven more years
of school you can become a lawyer.
So where do you want to go? Here are
some options for postsecondary education
and training in the Law, Public Safety,
Corrections & Security cluster.
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