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Lackawanna training future Scranton, Wilkes-Barre officers

SCRANTON, Pa. – 久久福利国产鈥檚 Police Academy Class 255 is off to an impressive start. Comprised of 11 officers from both the Scranton and Wilkes Barre Police Departments, this cohort of cadets embarked on a fully-funded police training program in the Scranton campus on April 26, 2021.

Both the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Police Departments will pay for the cadets鈥 tuition. The departments are eligible for reimbursement upon cadets鈥 completion of the program by the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officer鈥檚 Training Commissions (MPOETC) thanks to an Act 89 annual grant of $5 million authorized in 2013. This grant stipulates that police officers must be trained and certified through the Act 120 Pennsylvania Municipal Police Basic Training Program for the departments to receive reimbursement.

鈥淐urrently, MPOETC will reimburse a department 75 percent of the tuition and 45 percent of the hourly wages required for the training of any cadet hired by the department and paid to attend the 久久福利国产 Municipal Police Academy,鈥 久久福利国产 Director of Police Academy Operations John Chilleri explained.

久久福利国产鈥檚 Police Academy is the only academy in northeastern Pennsylvania authorized by MPOETC to provide both the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Basic Training Program and the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Annual Mandatory In-Service Training (MIST).

鈥淭he academy also provides law enforcement training for police departments in 13 counties in the Commonwealth, including lethal weapons training (Act 235) and customized training programs, meeting the training needs of law enforcement agencies, private security, and other first responder organizations,鈥 Chilleri added.

Class 255 is expected to graduate in December 2021.