Basic Law Enforcement School
Date(s) | Orientation -- Attendance is mandatory!
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Start/End Time(s) | Orientation All orientation days begin at 1:00 p.m. Students should arrive on the first Sunday of school by 2:00 p.m. |
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Location | Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy 3025 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN 37214 |
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Instructor(s) | TLETA Instructors Adjunct Faculty |
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Description | The Basic Police School is the mainstay of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy. Our mission is to produce a physically fit, highly motivated, basically trained police office thoroughly indoctrinated in the ethics and professional standards of the law enforcement profession. The officer will have a degree of both technical and tactical proficiency to function on the streets as well as in the criminal and civil courts of our state. | |
Fee | County & Local Officers - FREE State Officers - $3,900 Private Agencies - $7,800 Basic Police School Criminal Justice Majors - $9,600 |
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Length | A minimum of 480 hours | |
Prerequisites | Applicants must be employed as a full time (twenty hours or more a week) law enforcement officer. OR Be a senior in college, majoring in criminal law or criminal justice. A recommendation by your counselor is required. | |
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To Register | The TLETA Basic Police School application webform is located on the Acadis Portal. Please go the Academy Resources tab and choose TLETA Basic Police School Application. This is only to be completed AFTER the application for officer certification has been approved by POST and the officer has received their PSID number. If you are a State agency that does not apply for POST certification and need to register for Basic Police School, please contact Kelly Morgan at kelly.morgan@tn.gov. You can find the Application for Officer Certification webform on the Acadis Portal here - |
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Other Notes | Click here for an introduction to physical preparation at TLETA. |