Police Education

Two necessary elements in becoming a useful police officer are attending the police academy and dealing with the public through the process of field training. Both are very important and a crucial part in the process of becoming a police officer but field training has more practical, useful and hands on training. At the police academy, instructors teach a recruit the necessary knowledge and skills that the officer will have to deal with daily throughout his career. After completion from the police academy, the sponsoring department will put the recruit through a three month probationary…