Public & Social Services
Public and Social Services is about giving students the skills needed to build and support strong, safe communities.
American Sign Language-Interpreter Training
Jodi Oates
Department Chair
[email protected]
James B. Daniels
Professor/Department Chair
512-223-1683
Melissa A. Brown
Senior Administrative Assistant
512-223-1674
Public Safety Training Center
Located at the ACC Hays Campus, the Public Safety Training Center (PSTC) provides hands-on training for ACC students and local first responders in a state-of-the-art facility, and serves as a resource for local agencies seeking continuing education and re-certification.
The center includes:
- A 50-yard tactical indoor firing range
- A 19-acre emergency vehicle operation training track
- Force-on-force training room for police SWAT-type exercises
- Specially-outfitted tiered classrooms for training emergency management technicians and others in emergency management operations
- Emergency medical training on both simulators and actual patients while on a working ambulance.
- Vehicular extrication training and practice in the emergency medical setting
