• Instructor: Andrew Tallmer
• Date: August 4-15, 2025
• Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Hours: 76
• Location: North Campus, Building N110, Room 133
• Fill out the registration form here 

This intense 76-hour course of instruction is designed to provide the student with specific skills necessary to conduct law enforcement activities associated with search warrants, arrests, investigative detention, warrantless searches, in-custody and voluntary interviews, eyewitness identifications and non-testimonial and identification orders. At the end of this block of instruction, the participant will be able to achieve the following in accordance with information received during the instructional period: 1) Conduct a valid investigative stop and frisk, and a lawful arrest, based in appropriate considerations of reasonable suspicion, probable cause, and use of force; 2) Explain and apply the law of search and seizure with and without a search warrant; 3) Explain and apply law as it relates to the issuance and service of search warrants, administrative inspection warrants and non-testimonial identification orders; 4) Given a fact pattern, prepare a legally sufficient search warrant; 5) Conduct interviews lawfully during investigative detention and arrest situations; 6) Apply non-custodial interview procedures to obtain lawful confessions; 7) Conduct non-testimonial and eyewitness identification procedures in accordance with applicable law; 8) Determine whether lethal and less lethal force may be used lawfully in given fact situations; 9) Determine whether emergency vehicle operation is appropriate under given fact situations; and 10) Identify the steps an officer should take to defend against a civil lawsuit.

Attendees MUST have the following books for the class:

1. NC Arrest, Search and Investigation (commonly known as the “Farb Book”)
2. The Red case law book (can be purchased from the NCJA for $14.95)
3. The Green “Supplement Book” (which can be purchased from the NCJA for $12.00)

To order these books, please contact the North Carolina Justice Academy at 910-525-4158, ext 310.  Payment can be made by credit card. All other class handouts and supplements will be provided by RCCC at no cost to the student.

Instructor Bio:  Andrew Tallmer is a highly experienced attorney and law enforcement instructor.  He has taught law course to well over a thousand North Carolina law enforcement officers.  Mr. Tallmer has worked as a police attorney for the New York City Police Department and as an agency legal specialist at the North Carolina Justice Academy.  He is a member of the North Carolina bar and is certified as a law instructor by the State of North Carolina.

If you have any questions, please contact us at LETrain@gxitma.net.