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About the Course
This course explores racial profiling to assist law enforcement officers in navigating appropriate traffic and field stops. Topics covered include legal aspects of racial profiling, logical and social arguments against racial profiling, and elements of inappropriate and appropriate traffic stops.
Your Instructor
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Tom Vitacco
Tom Vitacco is a State Certified (TCOLE) Advanced Police Instructor who began his law enforcement career in 1994 at the Alamo Heights Police Department, in Texas. Tom retired as a Sergeant in 2017 after serving in positions including Patrol, SWAT, Criminal Investigations, Training, and Administration. Tom now works as an instructor at the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) Regional Law Enforcement Academy where he trains both cadets and current Peace Officers in a wide variety of subjects to include firearms, tactics, criminal investigations, supervision, leadership, de-escalation and crisis intervention. Tom is also a Corporal with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office Reserve Branch Training Unit. Tom has a BA Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is also a graduate of several specialized programs including the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT Sam Houston State University), the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Program (LEEDA) and the FBI Texas Command College.