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Criminal justice students learn about accident reconstruction and investigation
May 14, 2010
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| Students in the Mo-Tech program recently conducted a mock trial in Scott Sabourin’s class. Judge Christine Clark from the Schenectady City Court played the familiar role of “judge” while students acted as the lawyers and jury. |
Mohonasen High School’s Mo-Tech students recently learned that there is more to an accident investigation than simply filling out a report—in fact, there’s a lot of math involved.
Peter Aragosa, an instructor trooper from Troop G in Princetown, recently taught the Mo-Tech Criminal Justice students about a special physics formula that investigators use to determine the speed of a vehicle at the time of an accident. After learning the formula in the classroom, students went outside to measure the skid marks of a mock crime scene.
Students in the criminal justice program learn all aspects of the criminal science field—everything from being a security officer at a mall or prison to cracking a criminal investigation through the use of DNA.
“This is a fantastic program for kids who want to explore the criminal justice field,” said Mohonasen Chief of Security Jeff Jackson.
Jackson added that his son, who recently graduated from college as a police officer, wished he had a program similar to Mohonasen’s when he was in high school.
This school year was the first for the Mo-Tech program and the criminal justice class. Next year, a film, theater and television course will be added to the program.
Mock Crime Scene Photo Gallery
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