For the past 60 years, concerns over U.S. police officers’ excessive use of force and race-based targeting of citizens, and deteriorating relations between police and communities of color have spurred ...

With an average wait of more than six months for police recruits to attend Oregon’s 16-week basic training courses, the state academy wants to add evening instruction and increase class sizes. The ...

In a new panel study, researchers assessed basic training of new police hires in hundreds of U.S. police academies. The study showed continuity over time in total required hours of training and a ...

Patricia Ragan and her father, Rodrigo Arreola, hold a photo of her brother, Hector Arreola, outside of Rodrigo Arreola’s home on April 11, 2023, in Columbus, Ga. Eve Sampson / Howard Center for ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Georgia requires fewer hours of basic training for law enforcement officers than any state but Hawaii. With this training, new officers enter unpredictable and dangerous situations ...

Four new officers have graduated from the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC). The 16-week basic training ...

BOSTON - A recently released state audit of the academies responsible for training every police officer in Massachusetts found an "inadequate" training curriculum and shoddy record-keeping. The Office ...

ASHEVILLEL - Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training program graduated its Fall 2024 class on Jan. 3. Fourteen graduates scored a 100% pass rate on the state ...

PLAINFIELD, Ind. — Two police recruits have died during training in Indiana over the past three years. It's part of a troubling trend nationwide. At least 29 recruits died during basic training at law ...

Brand-new Greene County Sheriff’s Dept. Quin’ Sha Goss would’ve had a shorter daily commute if she chose to pursue her law enforcement training in Athens. She chose Columbia County instead. "I wanted ...