Pre-Employment Police Basic Course

This course provides the opportunity to begin preparation for a career as a police officer prior to being hired by a law enforcement agency. Pre-employment training is achieved through a collaboration between a municipality and an accredited college, junior college, or two-year college having an active criminal justice, public safety program, or other similar or equivalent program registered and approved by the Department of Education.

All persons seeking permanent appointment as a municipal police officer must complete an approved Basic Course for Police Officers as a condition of appointment. The PreEmployment Police Basic Training Course is an alternative to the conventional manner of conducting the Basic Course for Police Officers, by means of which basic police training is completed in two distinct components. The first component, pre-employment training, includes most of the instructional material in the basic course, and may be completed by civilian students as well as appointed police officers.

After appointment, a police officer who has successfully completed the Pre-Employment Police Basic Training Course must complete the second component, which includes firearms training and supervised field training. The second component may only be completed after appointment.

All student inquiries must be directed to the school of their choice that is offering the program, that can be found on the
Pre-Employment Police Basic Course homepage.  

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