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 ...

Police academies provide little training in the kinds of skills necessary to meet officers’ growing public service role, according to my research. Highly publicized cases of police violence – such as ...

The Shreveport Police Department held the 94th police basic training class graduation following months of intensive training.

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center Associate Director Jeff Ostlund, Jake Montgomery, Fort Hays State University ...

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 ...

After an intensive training academy, 14 new officers and deputies graduated from the Basic Police Training Academy at Conway, approved under the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and ...