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The Workforce & Continuing Education Department offers specialized training courses that can get you started in a new career quickly or help you advance in your current career. These are noncredit courses. They do not apply toward a credit degree, credit certificate, or academic transfer. Many of the Workforce and Continuing Education courses can lead to a nationally recognized certificate or state credential. Upon completion, students receive a Victoria College Certificate of Completion. Students are not required to apply for admission to the college or take entrance exams for these noncredit courses.
Police Academy
Students learn the 30 topics essential to today’s modern police officer. These topics will be covered through extensive classroom lectures and hands-on experiences. Some of the exciting topics explored in classroom instruction include:
- History of Policing; Ethics
- U.S. and Texas Constitution and Bill of Rights
- Criminal Justice System; Code of Criminal Procedure, Arrest, Search and Seizure
- Penal Code
- Traffic
- Texas Alcohol Beverage Code
All students in the Academy will also participate in driving exercises designed to improve pursuit skills, firing range shooting drills, search and seizure activities, and intense physical fitness training.
Police Academy Training Schedule & Registration
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