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 ...

Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced a new agreement that allows students in their senior year at participating colleges and universities to earn their remaining credits toward an associate or ...

"Recruiters, academy administrators and instructors, and agency leaders must take steps toward a complete and comprehensive reorientation of police recruitment and basic training that stresses the ...

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 ...

Jul. 15—The Anderson County Sheriff's Office is teaming with the East Texas Police Academy at Kilgore College again to conduct a Basic Peace Officer Certification Class in Palestine. The class, ...

In a new panel study, researchers assessed basic training of new police hires in hundreds of U.S. police academies. The study ...

SALEM, Ore. — For years now, the Portland Police Bureau has struggled to get enough officers on the street to be anywhere close to fully staffed. They've cited a few reasons for this, including high ...