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"I've enjoyed your posts re: police academy. I was wondering, what is covered in the academic portion, the penal code, english, spanish? I mean they have to study something. Right?"
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They do a ton of academic stuff. They've done laws of arrest, crimes against persons, investigating property crimes, sex crimes, crimes against children, use of force, search and seizure, presentation of evidence, death investigations, victimology and crisis intervention, missing persons, controlled substances, domestic violence, patrol techniques, handling disputes, crowd control, traffic enforcement, weapons violations and juvenile law, just to name a few.
Even on the days like when they got tear-gassed and tasered, there was lecture that accompanied that.
Each week they're tested on the subjects they learned that week. Last Thursday, they took the final exam. Academies across the state take the same POST-certified tests, and the BPD academy as a class received the 5th...
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