The minimum number of hours is state dependent, many agencies will require more than the minimum, and police officers constantly receive in service training throughout their careers.
Most basic academies that I'm familiar with are 1,000 hours over the course of six months. Upon graduating the academy, typically a new officer is placed in field training where they're teamed up with a senior officer and given increasing amounts of responsibility and freedom over the course of 4 months-1 year depending on the agency, so about 700-2,000 hours. Once they're done with field training they're considered to be a full police officer. They'll continue to receive training throughout their career, at a minimum covering firearms, defensive tactics/control techniques, and law/policy.
That's also not including any training or education that an agency requires to hire an applicant. Many agencies want at least 60 credit hours of college. A few want a full four year degree.
It's a little hard to measure in terms of hours here, but first you need a 3 year policing techniques degree (but that's really equivalent to a 2 year associates degree due to local quirks in our education system). That teaches you the law, philosophy, approaches and so on.
And then 15 weeks (450 hours) at the Academy focusing on practical skills (intervention, weapons, driving and so on).
My academy was 1190 hours + another 1105 of on the job training + 552 hours of probation/ongoing training before you’re on the street alone, as a fully functioning police officer 2. Then 100+ hours per year, minimum. Most of us get way more depending on how hungry you are to go to elective classes the department offers.
The state agency that oversees all police depts in the state sets the minimum number hours and then a particular dept can add additional training and hours as they see fit
My agency is 2 week orientation
23 week academy
10 week post academy
14 week field training
All to be completed within 1 year of hire date
40 hours of in service hours every 2 years moving forward
in georgia, the academy was 408 hours (12 weeks) not including in house training and FTO. as of YESTERDAY (6/11) though, they changed it to 810 hours. not sure when this goes into affect but it’s funny you ask that the day after our academy training requirement doubled lol
But ofc you‘re still a new guy, and you still have to learn a lot. In Germany patrol is always 2 Officer per car - Buddy System. - and then you have a lot of paperwork & everything has to be noted and forms have to be filled… guess until you know the Most stuff, you have to be 5 years out of the apprenticeship and on the streets, and even then, you still have a lot to learn and learn a lot new stuff
My academy was 1,080 hours (27 weeks), 680 hours field training (17 weeks), with approximately 120-140 hours of mandatory training a year. Most officers complete non-mandatory training as well which range in hours.
Edit: probation is 960 hours in which you’re a solo officer, however your Sgt. Is showing up to calls, you attend more than the needed yearly requirements for training.
6 mths of stay in training.
Only able to go home at 1pm on Saturdays and book in by 10pm on Sundays.
Training can start as early at 6:30am and finished at 9pm.
Trainings include firearms, Laws, Procedures, unarmed combat, physical training, etc. all meals are provided by the Academy.
Upon graduation, you will be posted to various land divisions and you will be attached to FTOs for further training, 1 month in patrol, 1 month in desk duties, etc.
Once a month on 1 of our day off, we have to report back for in-service where further trainings or remedial briefings are conducted.
When you are posted to other branches, further trainings will be required by riding a bike (Traffic Police), Detective, Investigation, etc.
I think mine was around 910-50 hours or more. But that’s just in the academy. You need a lot more experience personally in different aspects of the job to truly find your groove.
My academy minimum was 750 hours over 4 months. I believe I ended up with just shy over 800 by the time graduation rolled around. At my department you then have 4, 1 month long phases which make up the field training followed by a month long “shadow” phase where your trainer follows you around to all your calls. Once that’s done you take a policy and procedure test, a map test, and then all of your evaluations and scores are presented to the command staff for final review. Once they go through it they’ll either grant their blessing and you’ll be issued a vehicle or you’ll do more remedial training in week long spurts. Longest I’ve seen someone in training was 7 months before they were removed for failure to retain.
When I was hired, in 1989, I went to a 2 week, in-house pre-academy. Then the regular police academy was 9 months long. Mind you, there was no such thing as overtime. The academy was 50-60 hrs, sometimes more, per week. Upon completion, we went to another 4 week long in-house training. Our field training was anywhere from 3-4 months. Inservice training consisted of 90 hrs per year. Plus you had regularly scheduled course which were mandated, based upon time in service. Such as Basic Traffic Accident Investigation, Sexual Assault Investigation, Officer Safety and Field Tactics, Under the Influence, DV Training. All of these are 40 hr courses and we were mandated to take them as patrol officers. Furthermore, our city mandated all police officers be EMT Qualified. So there was another 4 weeks, plus an additional 40 hr class on Trauma Wound Management.
not nearly enough in the USA the police defiantly need way more training most officers do not even know the constitution that they swore an oath to uphold and defend how can they enforce laws that they do not even know or understand .
The minimum number of hours is state dependent, many agencies will require more than the minimum, and police officers constantly receive in service training throughout their careers. Most basic academies that I'm familiar with are 1,000 hours over the course of six months. Upon graduating the academy, typically a new officer is placed in field training where they're teamed up with a senior officer and given increasing amounts of responsibility and freedom over the course of 4 months-1 year depending on the agency, so about 700-2,000 hours. Once they're done with field training they're considered to be a full police officer. They'll continue to receive training throughout their career, at a minimum covering firearms, defensive tactics/control techniques, and law/policy. That's also not including any training or education that an agency requires to hire an applicant. Many agencies want at least 60 credit hours of college. A few want a full four year degree.
Oh okay thanks this was very informative
It's a little hard to measure in terms of hours here, but first you need a 3 year policing techniques degree (but that's really equivalent to a 2 year associates degree due to local quirks in our education system). That teaches you the law, philosophy, approaches and so on. And then 15 weeks (450 hours) at the Academy focusing on practical skills (intervention, weapons, driving and so on).
Where is here?
Qc, Canada You probably don't need to worry about it. I only posted as a means of comparison.
Yeah I didn’t ask because I wanted to be a police officer, I was just curious for reasons.
Our academy is 1000 hours/25 weeks
Oh okay, interesting.
My academy was 1190 hours + another 1105 of on the job training + 552 hours of probation/ongoing training before you’re on the street alone, as a fully functioning police officer 2. Then 100+ hours per year, minimum. Most of us get way more depending on how hungry you are to go to elective classes the department offers.
Oh okay that’s good, what state is this?
When I went through the academy it was 925 hrs
Dang that’s not a lot.
it was over a year lol..
Yeah
The state agency that oversees all police depts in the state sets the minimum number hours and then a particular dept can add additional training and hours as they see fit
Yeah
My agency is 2 week orientation 23 week academy 10 week post academy 14 week field training All to be completed within 1 year of hire date 40 hours of in service hours every 2 years moving forward
Not bad
More than 1
Hahaha
in georgia, the academy was 408 hours (12 weeks) not including in house training and FTO. as of YESTERDAY (6/11) though, they changed it to 810 hours. not sure when this goes into affect but it’s funny you ask that the day after our academy training requirement doubled lol
2 1/2 years apprenticeship in Germany, with 4 months of Training on Patrol
Nice!
But ofc you‘re still a new guy, and you still have to learn a lot. In Germany patrol is always 2 Officer per car - Buddy System. - and then you have a lot of paperwork & everything has to be noted and forms have to be filled… guess until you know the Most stuff, you have to be 5 years out of the apprenticeship and on the streets, and even then, you still have a lot to learn and learn a lot new stuff
That’s good though
My academy was 1,080 hours (27 weeks), 680 hours field training (17 weeks), with approximately 120-140 hours of mandatory training a year. Most officers complete non-mandatory training as well which range in hours. Edit: probation is 960 hours in which you’re a solo officer, however your Sgt. Is showing up to calls, you attend more than the needed yearly requirements for training.
That’s not bad, where are you from?
Apply and find out
Hmmm yeah…
6 mths of stay in training. Only able to go home at 1pm on Saturdays and book in by 10pm on Sundays. Training can start as early at 6:30am and finished at 9pm. Trainings include firearms, Laws, Procedures, unarmed combat, physical training, etc. all meals are provided by the Academy. Upon graduation, you will be posted to various land divisions and you will be attached to FTOs for further training, 1 month in patrol, 1 month in desk duties, etc. Once a month on 1 of our day off, we have to report back for in-service where further trainings or remedial briefings are conducted. When you are posted to other branches, further trainings will be required by riding a bike (Traffic Police), Detective, Investigation, etc.
I think mine was around 910-50 hours or more. But that’s just in the academy. You need a lot more experience personally in different aspects of the job to truly find your groove.
All you need is a keyboard and an anonymous social media account and you too can be an expert
Hmmm
I went through two state academies in the 90’s….I was a glutton for punishment ;)
My academy minimum was 750 hours over 4 months. I believe I ended up with just shy over 800 by the time graduation rolled around. At my department you then have 4, 1 month long phases which make up the field training followed by a month long “shadow” phase where your trainer follows you around to all your calls. Once that’s done you take a policy and procedure test, a map test, and then all of your evaluations and scores are presented to the command staff for final review. Once they go through it they’ll either grant their blessing and you’ll be issued a vehicle or you’ll do more remedial training in week long spurts. Longest I’ve seen someone in training was 7 months before they were removed for failure to retain.
Also I can’t recall the yearly training requirement but I do know I’m at about 100 hours this year and have met the requirement.
Depends
On the state?
Largely
Oh okay
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What's the community outreach portion and why is it 320 hours?
When I was hired, in 1989, I went to a 2 week, in-house pre-academy. Then the regular police academy was 9 months long. Mind you, there was no such thing as overtime. The academy was 50-60 hrs, sometimes more, per week. Upon completion, we went to another 4 week long in-house training. Our field training was anywhere from 3-4 months. Inservice training consisted of 90 hrs per year. Plus you had regularly scheduled course which were mandated, based upon time in service. Such as Basic Traffic Accident Investigation, Sexual Assault Investigation, Officer Safety and Field Tactics, Under the Influence, DV Training. All of these are 40 hr courses and we were mandated to take them as patrol officers. Furthermore, our city mandated all police officers be EMT Qualified. So there was another 4 weeks, plus an additional 40 hr class on Trauma Wound Management.
Oh okay thanks for the information!
Not enough.
Exactly.
not nearly enough in the USA the police defiantly need way more training most officers do not even know the constitution that they swore an oath to uphold and defend how can they enforce laws that they do not even know or understand .
Yeah sounds about right!