“The time I spent in this academy has to be the best training that anyone could get if they are going to go into law enforcement.”
— Doug Davidson,
pre-service candidate
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“Very good instructors willing to stop at any time to answer a question. They are able to maintain a class of several different levels of experience and kinds of work and keep all interested. Instructors that truly care about what they do. Thank you for your training you provide in a field where training is most of the time an afterthought.”
— Dale Brown, Collinsville (Ill.) Animal Control
Law Enforcement Training Institute
Source: MU Extension Annual Report, FY 2008
The Law Enforcement Training Institute is nearing its 60th consecutive year of service to Missouri as well as the national and international public safety communities.
Offerings in basic, in-service, advanced and continuing education programs to recruits and veterans continue to flourish in these times of growing public concern for safety, security and quality protection. In addition, the institute’s National Cruelty Investigations Schools are growing in enrollments and demand as the nation’s compassion for animals and interest in abuse and welfare issues continue to expand. Demand for these programs from animal welfare professionals, activists, police officers, court personnel and citizens last year reached an all-time high.
Law Enforcement Training Institute students practice subduing suspects during an annual defensive tactics class. New recruits and veterans receive top training in the field of public safety.
To address growing trends and demands, the institute began developing new courses in police suicide awareness, conflict management, writing skills for supervisors, child death and serious physical abuse investigation, and an online version of the cruelty investigations school. Faculty members also are creating and marketing updated versions of the classroom-based cruelty investigations schools, planning to offer a larger variety of animal cruelty and abuse courses and consolidating basic peace officer certification education to the Class A, 600-hour course.
During FY 2008, the institute graduated 85 from three basic recruit training academies; enrolled 266 participants in 15 animal cruelty investigation programs conducted in 13 states; offered 38 continuing education programs that attracted 571 registrants; conducted the Wisconsin Humane Officer Training Program for 40 participants; and produced and sold a record number of The Missouri Criminal Code: A Handbook for Law Enforcement Officers.
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