Mercyhurst Municipal Police Training Academy graduates 14 cadets
Fourteen cadets will graduate from the Mercyhurst University Municipal Police Training Academy on Friday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m. in Walker Recital Hall, situated in the Audrey Hirt Academic Center on the Erie campus.
Academy Director Bill Hale identified the following class members: Jacob Barelt, Landon Caldwell, Zacary Clayton, Carlos Cruz-Cooney, Isabella Gardner, Luke Gentile, Jaiden Hull, Colby Keane, Jessica Lauer, Hamid Mobin, Elijah Moon, Joseph Stagl, Victor Suarez, and Emiliano Urbieta.
The full-time, intensive course, which is approximately five months long, is designed for aspiring peace officer recruits who can dedicate their full attention toward completing the program, which satisfies the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officer’s Education and Training Commission (MPOETC) minimum training requirements for Pennsylvania entry-level law enforcement officers.
The course includes fundamental principles, procedures, and techniques of law enforcement, including criminal law, patrol procedures, cultural diversity, investigative procedures, report writing, defensive tactics, firearms, leadership, ethics, community policing, police vehicle operations, traffic enforcement, accident investigation, handling emotional situations, and first aid/CPR. The course also includes a challenging physical conditioning requirement.
Upon completion of the program, students are prepared to serve as police officers, park rangers, municipal authority officers, and many other positions within the criminal justice system.
FILE PHOTO: Director Bill Hale speaks at previous graduation.