SHERIFF’S OFFICE BASIC DETENTION OFFICER CLASS 09-1 ACHIEVES 100 % PASSING RATE ON STATE EXAM
Region VIII Training Academy
On Tuesday 04-14-09, the Sheriff's Office Basic Detention Officer Class 09-1 took their TCLEOSE State Exam. All 16 cadets of Class 09-1 passed on the first attempt. Class 09-1 will graduate on May 1, 2009.
The Sheriff’s Office Training Academy was the first PSTAA (CALEA) accredited academy in the state of Texas and has been consistently acknowledged by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education as an example of excellence in law enforcement/corrections training in the state.
The academy has been at the tip-of-the-spear in standards of education in the State of Texas. In July, the Training academy will be the first academy in the State of Texas to offer a State-wide online Basic Corrections Course using the Blackboard CE8 training system.
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Basic Correction Officers Academy course consists of over 280 hours, it includes academics, skills testing (riot baton/formation training, defensive tactics), and physical fitness.
Staff Instructors are highly skilled and trained on adult learning and training delivery – all of whom have TCLEOSE Instructor certifications. The Office also utilizes adjunct instructors that are considered experts in their fields to provide the students in certain topic areas the best information and education possible.
The class name is "DESERT RATTLERS"
100% PASSING RATE ON STATE EXAM
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The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.