State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies (2006)

Book excerpt: A total of 648 state and local law enforcement (LE) academies were providing basic training to entry-level recruits in the U.S. State agencies approved 98% of these academies. This report describes the academies in terms of their personnel, expenditures, facilities, curricula, and trainees using data from the 2006 Census of LE Training Academies (CLETA). The 2006 CLETA collected data from all state and local academies that provided basic LE training. Academies that provided only in-service training, corrections and detention training, or other special types of training were excluded. Federal training academies were also excluded. Academies prepared trainees for a LE career in a variety of settings. Charts and tables.