To enter the training program, you must pass a medical exam, an agility test to ensure you can withstand the training and have the agency requesting your services as an officer submit the application to the MPTC.
The training lasts 20 weeks and offers 800 hours of instruction. It will include classroom learning, practical exercises and the opportunity to practice a range of scenarios an officer might encounter.
The training academy employs municipal police officers from the state of Massachusetts to conduct the trainings.
The law enforcement certificate program (LECP) is a condensed training for people who have already taken a certificate program in law enforcement or have a degree in criminal justice from an approved college. It lasts 16 weeks and you must have been hired by a municipal police department or sponsored by a municipal police chief to gain entry. The material builds off the knowledge you gained in the aforementioned academic programs.
Some police departments run their own training, modeling it after the MPTC model, to train student officers who transfer from other police departments.