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Cochise College law-enforcement academy expands training with dorms, driving simulators and larger class
Summary
Sheriff Mark Daniels and Cochise College leaders described a growing law-enforcement academy class, new dorms, a firing range and driving simulators that map county roads to improve rural policing training.
Sheriff Mark Daniels and Cochise College officials described an expanding law-enforcement academy and new local training infrastructure that county leaders say will keep recruits closer to home.
Daniels said the new academy class includes eight recruits and that some classes have reached about 29 students. “By the time ... they get their officer, deputy ... back to their agencies to go on the streets, they're ready to go,” Daniels said on First Watch.
Cochise College has added dorm space, an indoor firing range, a driving track and driving simulators that county officials say have been mapped to Cochise County roads. Daniels said 24 students are currently staying in the dorm and that the simulators allow agencies to train on their own local streets: “They've mapped all the roads in Cochise County. So it's not, any agency ... could drive their own city.”
Officials credited partnerships among the sheriff's office, local police departments and the college, and noted grant funding helped buy training vehicles and equipment. The program’s leaders said the upgrades reduce travel to Tucson for qualifications and help prepare officers for rural policing assignments.
