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Fairfax County Police Department
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Media Advisory/ Academy Graduation/SB
March 10, 2010
Criminal Justice Academy Graduation
Eighteen new police officers will graduate from the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy’s 56th session on Thursday, March 11, to serve and protect the citizens of Fairfax County. Each Fairfax County police officer’s first assignment will be to one of eight district stations. Their training will continue with a senior officer, known as a Field Training Instructor, for three months. Additional personnel graduating with this class include 19 sheriff’s deputies. The ceremony will be held at the Center for the Performing Arts at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University at 11 a.m.
The six month basic recruit session is a non-residential training program. Recruits commute to the facility in Chantilly Monday through Friday for an eight-hour day, varying between day and evening hours. The curriculum includes Virginia law, report writing, criminal and crash investigation, warrant service, crime prevention, defensive tactics, emergency vehicle operations, first aid and firearms skills.
In order to attend the Academy and become officers, candidates go through a rigorous application process which includes testing, background check, medical check, polygraph test and interviews. On average, of the 1,800 people who take the entry level test every year, only 97 make it to the Academy.
The Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy trains approximately 140 to 150 new law enforcement officers a year. It is the current training center for all law enforcement officers from the Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office and the town police departments of Herndon and Vienna. Animal Control Officers and Fire Marshals are also trained here.
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