Excerpt: “Eighty-nine percent of academies required recruits to complete a separate field training after their basic training and 29% of those academies oversaw the field training. Nearly all recruits (99%) were trained on responding to persons with mental illness or behavioral health issues, receiving an average of 21 hours of training. Sixty-eight percent of state and local training academies were responsible for training 75% of all recruits with use-of-force training simulators. About 97% of recruits were trained in roleplay scenarios of arrest control tactics (98%), verbal tactics (97%), and tactics to respond to persons with mental illness or behavioral health issues (97%). About two-thirds of state and local training academies reported community members participated in their training curriculum as instructors or guest lecturers (65%) or in role-play scenarios (62%). Sworn personnel made up the majority of both full-time (82%) and part-time (78%) academy instructors. Full-time instructors were required to have at least a high school diploma or equivalent education at 48% of academies and 58% of academies had the same education requirement for part-time instructors. Instructors received refresher training on general instruction in 71% of state and local law enforcement training academies.”
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