Police Academy

Atlanta’s $90M police training center expected to open in 2024

The new training center site is a former city prison farm. The city and the Atlanta Police Foundation have been working together to build the center since April 2021

How the Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies provides data on recruitment trends, training needs and officer performance issues

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National data quantifying the amount and content of law enforcement basic training can identify what is working well and where changes are needed in police training

On-demand webinar: Turning disparate data into an actual investigation: Examining online criminal communication

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Fivecast

Understand how your agency can benefit from data deep-dive analysis

Boost your agency’s recruitment efforts using these 7 strategies

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Today’s candidates aren’t looking for the same things they used to

N.H. police chiefs ask lawmakers to drop required fitness test

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The test, according to chiefs across the state, is making it difficult for departments to hire and retain officers

Bottleneck at Ore. police academy leaves recruits waiting months for basic training

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Portland police hired 80 new officers in the past year, but more than half of them haven’t started due to lack of training academies

Ohio sheriff: Fitness standards keeping cadets from taking final exam

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Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said three cadets failed the fitness test over the last few years and weren't allowed to take the written test, one of them a class valedictorian

Boosting minority recruitment in law enforcement goal of HBCU police academy

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Lincoln University introduced its first HBCU police academy in 2021, graduating its first set of recruits six months later

One of the most important officer safety tactics I learned in the police academy

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Fifty years ago I was taught that the right-side approach on a traffic stop is the safest – and that message is just as relevant for recruits today

Prosecutor determines actions of police academy were not criminal in Ark. police recruit's death

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A death report did reveal “concerning issues with the culture” of the training facility, including “hazing” and a “lack of helpful cooperation in the investigation"

Wash. police academy eyes removing more recruits who show red flags

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The proposed change was prompted after an officer, now facing charges for an in-custody death, exhibited signs of a mental breakdown at the academy

Va. police departments offering shorter academies to entice out-of-state officers

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As part of “Operation Bold Blue Line,” the state will allow departments to expedite certification for lateral transfers down to 8 weeks

Rapid response: What are the risks to recruits when training in public?

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After a wrong-way driver struck 25 LASD recruits on a training run, LE leaders and instructors should study this incident and consider changes to recruit training activities