Transfer Manual: POST Basic Certificate

Starting in January, 1999, USF initiated a policy of granting credit for POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training) certified California police academy training. POST has no ACE recommendation.

This policy only covers California police academy training, certified by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

Nine-units of work experience credit will be granted for successful completion of the California POST Basic Certificate. This training can take place at a free standing California police academy or a California community college. USF will grant this credit even if the training is not designated as CSU transferable.

This credit is subject to the transfer maximum of nine-units of work experience credit policy. No additional credit will be granted for work experience courses, including courses listed as Law Enforcement Training, Reserve Officer Training, Internship, some courses labeled Patrol Procedures, etc.

If the police academy training was completed at a community college and is not CSU transferable the student must submit official transcripts from that college showing successful completion of the training along with a copy of the POST Basic Certificate. If the training was completed at a free-standing police academy the student must submit the POST Basic Certificate.

In addition, if the student is granted nine units of work experience credit for police academy training and has been employed full-time as a sworn active duty police officer for two years, six-units of physical education units will be granted by USF (this is similar to the policy of granting PE activity credit for two-years active military service). A letter from the police officer's supervisor attesting to this employment must be submitted to the USF Admission Office. Credit will not be given for time served as a reserve officer. The student must already hold the POST Basic Certificate to be eligible for these additional units.

Applicants to USF should submit all official transcripts, certificates, and letters certifying their employment to the USF Admission Office with their application.

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