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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2018

Dozens of Iowa Cadets Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

More than 75 students at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy were hospitalized because of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to NBC News. The cadets—all newly hired law enforcement officers still in training—were evacuated and initially taken to a nearby National Guard building.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2018

VirTra's Training Simulators Chosen by 3 of Largest U.S. LE Departments

The Dallas Police Department, the San Francisco Police Department, and the Southern Desert Regional Police Academy (SDRPA) in Las Vegas have selected VirTra's V-300 use of force, de-escalation, and active shooter training simulator.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2018

52-Year-Old Cadet Graduates from Washington State Academy

Andrews says he feared his co-cadets would treat him differently, but other than a couple of odd looks in the early days of the academy, he said everyone accepted him.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 26, 2018

Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center Gets First Female Director

Brenda Urbanek, a 28-year employee of the Grand Island training center, will take over as director next week. Urbanek replaces Bill Muldoon, who led the center for 12 years before being named emergency communications director in Sarpy County earlier this year.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 12, 2018

Swinerton, Golden West College Open Regional Criminal Justice Training Center

The new Criminal Justice Training Center consists of a two-story 38,932 square foot building that contains a new multi-purpose room, classrooms, force simulation room, faculty offices, lecture space, a lifetime fitness lab, a ready room, mat room, locker rooms, armory, administration and reception areas, and a conference room.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2018

Baltimore Police Union Calls for Better Training for Recruits

The president of the local police union in Baltimore on Monday thanked a police academy legal instructor for voicing concerns about the preparedness of new recruits who received guns and badges over the weekend, saying the "training deficiencies that he exposed are real and should, by no means, be allowed to continue."

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2018

8 Cleveland Police Cadets Hurt During Training at Ohio Patrol Academy

Six of the cadets were injured during a training exercise in which recruits fight off a training officer who attacks them.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 7, 2017

De-Escalation Instructor Training

This October, a new de-escalation training methodology was presented to law enforcement administrators, supervisors, and field officers in Delaware that the participants say could become the training model for de-escalation training nationally.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2017

Vacancies Prompt Virginia State Police to Offer Abbreviated Academy

Virginia State Police are for the first time offering some recruits a chance to become troopers without completing a full six-month State Police Academy.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2017

Daughter of Officer Killed on 9/11 Training to Join NYPD

Brittney Roy lost her father on 9/11. Now, more than 15 years later, she’s preparing to follow in his footsteps as an NYPD officer.

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