When all three Modular courses are successfully completed, the student earns the POST Level I Certification (the equivalent of the 20-week Regular Basic Academy) and makes students eligible to work as full-time California Police Officers or Deputy Sheriffs. The PELLETB is a timed, 2-1/2 hour written test consisting of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions designed to measure reading and writing ability.The Academy requires a T-score of 42 or higher in order to apply for entry into its Basic Police Academy.POST regulations prohibit examinees from taking this exam more than one time in any 30-day period from Click here to download a PELLETB Practice Test (Examinee Guide).Rio Hondo College is a public community college under California law. “We’re finding an increasing desire by agencies to come in early and have a willingness to offer conditional employment upon graduation.”Mizner said typically about a quarter of each class will be offered employment either before the course begins or during the course itself, as long as they pass the class.One such student is Natalia Camarena, who was offered a job with the Corcoran Police Department before starting the intensive course earlier this year, which was completely paid for by the department as part of a cadet sponsorship. Agencies sometimes offer conditional employment to cadets who complete the program.“We find that agencies typically want to snatch that top 20 percent while they’re still in class,” Mizner said. Registration is now open for the spring 2020 CPA class. The MPA format is sometimes referred to as an “extended” or “reserve” academy due to the modular structure. Academy graduates will earn 28.5 units of college credits. The Police Academy Program at the College of the Sequoias Hanford Center started classes just a few months ago with roughly 45 cadets training…Corcoran Police Officer and Recruit Training Officer Daniel McAlister inspects cadets at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Natalia Camarena listens to an instructor in a traffic enforcement class at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Cadets listen to instructor Matt Drewry in a traffic enforcement class at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Cadets stand at attention before being dismissed for inspection at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Natalia Camarena listens to an instructor in a traffic enforcement class at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Corcoran Police Officer and Recruit Training Officer Daniel McAlister inspects cadets at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Matt Drewry, Traffic Enforcement Instructor, runs a class for cadets at the Police Academy at COS Hanford on Wednesday morning.Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.

Now that funding has rebounded, COS decided it was time to bring the course back.“One of our long-term goals has been watching out for opportunities to reinstate the program, which needed a lot of factors to come together,” he said.Besides funding, Mizner said other factors that played into the extended academy’s revival include the fact that available jobs have also risen and that they are seeing a lot of demand from both students as well as the agencies they work with.“Local law enforcement agencies have continued to request the college to review the extended program as the budget situation has improved because they felt that it provides them some strong candidates for employment,” he said.Mizner believes a large part of the surging demand is that a lot of potential students can’t commit to weekday classes due to full-time jobs, families and other commitments and need something offered on the weekends. San Diego Miramar College 10440 Black Mountain Road San Diego, CA 92126-2999 (619) 388-7800