The Tarrant County College Criminal Just Training
Center located on the Northwest Campus in
Fort Worth and has been in operation since
1980.
It is committed to serving the training needs
of the law enforcement community and the community
at large.
Our vision is to serve as a beacon of innovation
and excellence in criminal justice training
through the 21st century and beyond.
The basic peace officer academy is the cornerstone
of our training program, and in addition we
offer in-service training programs through
continuing education.
The basic police officer academy prepares
the cadet for a successful career of law enforcement.
The cadet has the opportunity to attend the
basic police officer academy for college credit
or for non credit.
If the cadet chooses the credit route, upon
successful completion, they will earn 18 college
credit hours.
These hours will applied to a Criminal Justice
Associate's Degree in Applied Science at Tarrant
County College.
The academy is only offered during the daytime
hours of 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday for
18 weeks.
Totaling 696 training hours.
The training consists of physical training,
defensive tactics, police driving, pepper
spray, taser, firearms, traffic stops, building
searches, standardized field sobriety tests,
reality based training scenarios, and many
more.
Because of the physical nature of this training,
cadets must be able to perform extraneous
physical activity.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education, also known as TCLEOS
reports that 318 cadets from the Tarrant County
College Police Academy have achieved a perfect
100% pass rate on their state licensing exam
for the past three years.
For more information contact the academy staff
at 817-515-7760
