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APD training academy outlines reforms, flags facility and instructor staffing gaps
Summary
APD’s commander for recruiting and training summarized changes since the 2019 Kroll reviews, said most recommendations were adopted, and identified remaining gaps including a video library, funding for a proposed $100M joint-use training facility, and instructor development needs that affect attrition and retention efforts.
Commander Richard Eagle briefed the Public Safety Committee on April 6 about five years of training changes at the Austin Police Department’s academy following Kroll assessments. He said Kroll produced 84 formal recommendations and that APD has complied with most of them; 22 final process recommendations from Kroll are embedded in the academy operations manual.
Eagle described a cadet pipeline that begins with a two-week academy foundation, continues with 32 weeks of formal cadet training, 4 weeks of intermediate TCOLE training, and a 13-week field-training program. He said APD has implemented ABLE (active…
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