NMU Regional Police Academy

The Regional Police Academy is a 16-week, 800-hour police training school designed to provide basic law enforcement training to in-service and pre-service recruits.

The curriculum covers such topics as physical fitness training, firearms, precision driving, first aid and CPR, police tactics, defensive tactics, criminal justice, domestic violence, traffic enforcement, criminal law and other law enforcement areas. To learn more about the courses, go to course descriptions.

Twelve of the NMU credits taken to complete the academy can be applied to Northern’s associate of applied science degree in law enforcement.

Financial aid is available for the academy for qualified applicants.

At the successful completion of academy training, a recruit becomes certifiable as a police officer through the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES). This training is transferable to most other states. The State Certification Examination is given upon successful completion of all academy requirements. Passing the certification exam, qualifies a recruit as certifiable in Michigan to become a police officer. Certification is granted upon employment by a police department.

MCOLES establishes the requirements for admission to all of the state’s regional academies.  To learn more about entrance requirements, go to eligibility.

For more information, contact Training Coordinator Leonard Dawson at 906-227-1408 or e-mail at ldawson@nmu.edu.