BROKEN ARROW POLICE
ACADEMY LIFE
WHAT TO EXPECT
Rather than send our new officers to the state training facility, the Broken Arrow Police Department instructs its own academy at our training facility right here in Broken Arrow! This allows us to expand on the minimum subjects of law enforcement and cater to the uniqueness of Broken Arrow’s culture and procedures.
The Broken Arrow Police Academy consists of over one thousand hours of training for our new recruits. This is double the hours of the state academy which is fourteen weeks.
The Broken Arrow Police Academy provides a wide range of instruction including legal, patrol tactics, firearms training, defensive tactics, de-escalation, ethics, criminal investigation, traffic, community relations, and many more. Our officers obtain the very newest education available before they ever put on a uniform. After graduation from the police academy our recruits then participate in fourteen weeks of field training.
Academy Work Schedule
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27 Week Academy
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Four day work week
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Three day weekend
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In-House Training Facility
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Team Atmosphere
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The academy consists of a mixture of classroom education, skills training, scenario based learning, and practical application.
FIREARMS
The Broken Arrow Police Department has a talented group of in-house firearms instructors that instruct both in our academy and our continuing education firearms courses. The academy has a firearms range on site which enables us to incorporate firearms skills all throughout the academy. Our firearms program incorporates a wide array of core courses that go above and beyond a basic academy.
DEFENSIVE TACTICS
The Broken Arrow Police Department utilizes our own defensive tactics instructors. Each instructor has at a minimum of 7 years of experience as an instructor combined with external training in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. These skills are incorporated into our defensive tactics program which works congruently with use of force, decision making, less lethal, and lethal options. Physical and defensive skills are built upon throughout the six-month academy
LEDT
The Broken Arrow Police Department has our own cadre of defensive driving instructors. This functional core area instructs all recruits in the knowledge of desirable law enforcement driving behaviors and skills unique to handling a vehicle in emergency, pursuit, and non-emergency situations. Instruction focuses on skills necessary to maintain control of a vehicle during a variety of techniques.
ACADEMICS
Key subjects taught in the academy include Community education and relations, Cultural and Racial awareness, De-escalation, geography, Report Writing, Ethics, Legal, Criminal Investigations, Juvenile law, City Ordinances, Less Lethal, Crime Scene investigations, Human trafficking, Domestic violence/ Sexual Assault investigations, Traffic investigations and enforcement, Patrol procedures, building searches, Officer first aid and CPR, Active Shooter response and so much more. The officer will have a working knowledge of basic police procedure prior to entering the Field Training Program.
Our Training Facility
The academy is held at the Broken Arrow Police Training Center located at 4205 E Omaha Street in Broken Arrow, OK. Our facilities include classrooms, multiple gym spaces, full functioning pistol and rifle range, and an indoor shoot house.
The police department is very fortunate to have this facility for both our academy and our continuing education space. Training is a high priority at the Broken Arrow Police Department so we can ensure the very best service possible to our citizens.