Director James Applauds POST
Training Centers, Grants Additional Three-Year Licenses
JEFFERSON CITY, November 1, 2006-Department of Public
Safety Mark James announced eight regional POST Training Centers have
been audited and granted additional three-year licenses to continue
providing educational training to the law enforcement community it
serves.
“These successful training centers enhance the
professionalism of Missouri’s law enforcement communities and
should serve as a role model for all public safety based centers,”
James said.
The POST Program currently has nineteen regional basic
training centers and eleven regional continuing education training
centers to provide quality training to the nearly 17,000 sworn peace
officers. The centers are audited every three years. If the center
passes successfully they are awarded another three years to provide
education to Missouri’s peace officers.
Under state law, Gov. Matt Blunt appoints the nine member
commission chosen from each congressional district under the terms
he elects three chiefs of police, three sheriffs, one licensed training
center director, one representative of a state law enforcement agency
and one public member. The commission is responsible for developing
and evaluating the curriculum of mandatory basic training courses
for municipal officers, deputy sheriffs, and state police. The committee
also establishes minimum requirements for instructors, certifies basic
training curriculum, accredits police training facilities, mandates
in-service, specialized and advanced training courses, and encourages
the educational advancement of law enforcement personnel.
Training Centers Audited:
Moberly Area Community College Law Enforcement Training
Center-Moberly
Missouri Sheriffs’ Association Training Academy-Jefferson City
Law Enforcement Training Institute University of Missouri-Columbia
Drury Law Enforcement Academy-Springfield
Mineral Area College Law Enforcement Academy-Park Hills
Federal Bureau of Investigation, St. Louis
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District-St. Peters
Missouri Safety Center-Warrensburg